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“We have approved schedules a week ago. We could expect the first shipment on February 7, if nothing changes,” Jurgita Grebenkovienė, chancellor of the Ministry of Health, told LRT Radio on Monday.
The European Medicines Agency on Friday approved the use of a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca to vaccinate adult EU citizens.
The president of the European Commission announced Sunday night that the company accepted 30 percent. increase the EU target compared to previously promised.
The SAM representative states that Lithuania does not yet have official information in this regard.
So far, Lithuanian residents have been vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
The SAM representative said that he supports the position of President Gitanas Nausėda that in the second half of February it will be possible to vaccinate about 10,000 people from COVID-19 in Lithuania every day. persons.
“Yes, it is possible to provide AstraZeneca vaccines, it really becomes real and it is possible to have 10,000 already. vaccinated people, ”he said.
According to the minister’s chancellor, the vaccination of social workers in medicine, nursing and care and the elderly is almost complete. Vaccination of pharmacists has started and vaccination of teachers is expected to start in February.
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