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The vaccines will be available as humanitarian aid for Eastern partners before October 1.
“Since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received three specific requests today from Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, the vaccines are already planned for these three countries and will be delivered immediately.
The full quantity of vaccines should reach the eastern partners by the end of the third quarter, “said Chancellor Gabrielius Landsbergis after the government meeting.
G. Landsberg: we want to be an example of solidarity action
According to the minister, although these quantities of vaccines are not enough to save the three countries from the situation they are in now, the government has decided to take the first step and show “what true solidarity means.”
“It is very nice to hear the words of solidarity, but today we also want to be an example of solidarity action,” Landsbergis said.
The minister stressed that doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine will only be administered to Eastern Partnership countries.
When asked if Lithuania expects any kind of gratitude for this, for example support at Eurovision, G. Landsbergis joked that such support would be really nice. At the same time, however, he assured that it was only support.
“It simply came to our knowledge then. Support and help is given only to friends and acquaintances, whom we support for them not at the easiest moment,” the Minister emphasized.
Deputy Minister: By the end of the third quarter, Lithuania should have received more vaccines than should be vaccinated for the entire population
At the meeting, the Head of Government, Ingrida Šimonytė, pointed out that the vaccines will not be administered immediately, but “a more realistic time is the third quarter.”
Deputy Health Minister Živilė Simonaitytė said that according to the best case, Lithuania should have received more vaccines at the end of the third trimester than it should have been vaccinated for the entire population.
“If all goes according to the best possible assumption, by the end of the third quarter, Lithuania can expect to have received enough vaccines that we would theoretically have vaccinated almost 3.5 million people.” population, ”said Ž.Simonaitytė.
He also noted that the administration of vaccines to a particular country will have to be decided by the government each time.
“Each specific supply to a particular state will have to be approved by a government resolution, which provides both the specific vaccine to be administered and the state to which the vaccine will be administered,” confirmed the deputy minister.
Lithuania has so far received 1 million. 413 thousand 545 doses of the vaccine, more than 144 thousand have not yet been used. dose. 30.2% have received at least one vaccine against the coronavirus. people.
