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According to the Independent Expert Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday, vaccination of the elderly should start as soon as possible.
As stated in the posted notice, AstraZeneca has no age restrictions.
Professor Ligita Jančorienė, Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the Santara Clinic of Vilnius University Hospital, presented the results of the clinical trials of the AstraZeneca ChAdOx1 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine at the meeting:
- The AstraZeneca SARS-CoV-2 vaccine is registered by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for people 18 years of age and older.
- your immune response in people older than 70 years is not different from that of younger subjects,
- side effects are less common in the elderly,
- 100 percent vaccine. protects against serious illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19.
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“In light of these results and the particular importance of vaccinating the elderly at highest risk to reduce mortality from COVID-19, the Board of Experts expressed the view that AstraZeneca should be vaccinated according to the registered vaccine indication, including those over 65 years of age. age. people “, read a report that circulated after the meeting of researchers.
It also says that research shows that AstraZeneca’s immunogenicity increases when people receive the second dose of the vaccine at least 12 weeks after the first.
“The Board of Experts proposes to the Minister of Health that the second dose of the vaccine be administered to individuals at the end of the interval recommended by the EMA between doses of the vaccine, that is, 12 weeks after the first,” said the report.
45 thousand fully vaccinated. population
About 80,000 have already been vaccinated with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, and more than 45,000 have been fully vaccinated. population.
77 percent. employees of personal health care institutions and 72 percent. residents and staff of care facilities are immune to SARS-CoV-2 or have been vaccinated at least in part.
Currently, patients with high medical risk are being vaccinated. In order to renew education and increase student safety, elementary school teachers are now being vaccinated.
“Vaccination of the elderly should begin as soon as possible. The Board of Experts discussed vaccinating people who work in educational institutions who have no or minimal contact with students. This extension of vaccination priorities was not supported.
The Council of Experts calls for the already established priorities to be followed and for the vaccination of the Lithuanian population aged 70 and over, who is at higher risk of death from COVID-19, to start as soon as possible,
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