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According to Gitana Letukienė, representative of the Santara clinics, the BNS could be infected with coronavirus both before and after vaccination, because a dose of the vaccine has not yet developed immunity to the disease.
“Antibodies start to be produced 11 to 12 days after the first vaccination, but this protection is not enough, so a second vaccination is needed to make the process more effective,” he said.
A spokeswoman for the Santara clinics said it had now been decided not to vaccinate people who were sick and who received the first dose of the vaccine with the second dose of the vaccine.
“They will not get the second vaccine yet. Those people will be tested for antibodies and then it will be clear. (…) It seems they will need two vaccines again later,” said G. Letukienė.
More than 4.5 thousand people are currently vaccinated at the Santara clinics. of about 6 thousand. workers. On Friday, the treatment center plans to complete the first dose of the vaccination process.
According to the medical institution, COVID-19 currently affects 152 doctors.
According to the Department of Statistics, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Lithuania so far has been administered to 31.5 thousand people. people.
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