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“There is no funding for COVID-19,” the committee head said on Monday.
“I understand that today we cannot say exactly how much it will cost, but it could be from a few tens to 100 million euros. Or perhaps more. Part of the financing for this must be included in the budget and must reflect it,” added M. Majauskas.
According to him, the funds must be contributed to the expenses of the Compulsory Health Insurance Fund (PSDF) or in another way.
“We are not talking about the introduction of new taxes, so I see little room for changes on the revenue side, so we will have to increase costs and offset them with borrowed or reserve funds (PSDF – BNS),” he said M. Majauskas.
The government is determined to buy enough COVID-19 vaccine to vaccinate 70 percent. population of the country.
The Cabinet of Ministers has also decided that Lithuania, together with other European Union countries, will participate in the purchase of all COVID-19 vaccines under development negotiated by the European Commission, and the surplus, if any, would be sold to the Eastern Partnership countries.
The president of the European Commission, Urzula von der Lajen, has said that the European Medicines Agency could approve the first potential vaccines against coronavirus, for which the results of clinical trials have already been presented, later this year o early next.
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