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“Right now, as you know, the priority is our seniors and risk groups. We still have to accomplish this task so that we can all be safe and save as many lives as possible. We also believe that when we vaccinate people who are at risk, we will vaccinate teachers who work with graduates as a priority issue, “said the minister at a press conference on Wednesday.
To date, high school graduates have not been assigned to priority groups in the COVID-19 vaccination plan; there are only elementary school and kindergarten teachers, as well as teachers with special needs.
J. Šiugždinienė says that the majority of primary school teachers have already been vaccinated and the average number of those vaccinated in institutions is around 60 percent.
“20 percent are teachers who, for objective reasons, cannot be vaccinated and who have immunity. There are municipalities where 100 percent. “There are fewer primary school teachers who have been vaccinated, but a really large proportion are vaccinated,” he said.
According to a plan approved by the government, in March a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to people over 80 years old, and all people over 65 years old will be vaccinated in the second half of April. After them, in April and May, it is planned to start vaccinating all people with chronic diseases.
Three COVID-19 vaccines approved by the European Medicines Agency are currently used in Lithuania: Pfizer and BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca, which has been temporarily suspended. The first doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccines are also expected in April.
A total of 266 thousand people were vaccinated with the first dose in the country. 365 people, both doses – 104 thousand. 771 person.
