Medical staff appealed to the government: urging immediate vaccination of members of the medical family

As announced in the report, the union president noted that healthcare workers are constantly exposed to COVID-19 infection and that vaccines protect against serious diseases rather than infections, putting workers’ family members health workers at high risk of COVID-19 infection. virus and get sick.

“Noting that the number of these diseases in families of medical institutions and joint farms is high and even deaths have occurred, please immediately include members of families and joint farms of medical institutions in the COVID-19 vaccination priority list “, – writes Jolanta Keburienė.

In the United States and other countries, medical personnel and their families get vaccinated together.

Below is the full article:

To the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania, Ingrida Šimonyte

Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania Arūnas Dulkis

No. 2021 March 29

ON THE COVID-19 PRIORITY PROCEDURE FOR VACCINATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

Since medical personnel are constantly exposed to COVID-19 infection and the vaccine protects against serious illness rather than the infection itself, family members of medical personnel are at high risk of contracting and developing COVID- 19.

Considering that the incidence of this type of illness in the families of family workers and on joint farms is high and that there have even been deaths, immediately include family members and joint farms of medical staff in the Priority list for COVID-19 vaccination.

Lithuanian Ambulance Workers Union “Solidarity”

Trade Union of Medical Institutions of Lithuania “Solidarity”

President Jolanta Keburienė

The judges also request priority vaccination against the coronavirus.

Sigita Rudėnaitė, president of the Council of Judges, requests that at least the judges who work in the district courts be vaccinated against the coronavirus as a matter of priority.

“We were not among those who fulfilled important functions, now we are calling all instances to vaccinate those people in the district courts who have to hear the cases in an oral process. They are responsible for not infecting the person who came to court, so as not to infect the employees, ”said S. Rudėnaitė during the presentation of the activities of the judges on Monday.

He said that without receiving the promise, the mad judges would be included in the functions of the society.

“The result is that – the result of nothing … is that we are not treated as (in this respect) playing an important role in the state,” said the acting head of the Lithuanian Supreme Court.

Currently, older people are being vaccinated in Lithuania, and furthermore, the priority group includes all people who work or provide services in educational institutions, trainers and graduates, who go to Lithuanian diplomatic missions, etc.

The last priority group, before going to vaccinate the rest of the population, are individuals who perform vital functions of the state and come into contact with others. This category includes internal service officials: police officers, firefighters, border guards, prison and public security officials, customs officials, and Security Management Service officials. Likewise, the personnel of the National Public Health Center who ensure the control of compliance with the measures of the quarantine regime, the soldiers and recruits and the personnel who attend them.