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You have problems
Kazimieras Armonavičius, deputy director of the municipal administration of Panevėžys, admits that the city of Panevėžys ranks third in the country in terms of population in terms of vaccination, but does not hide the fact that there are problems with vaccines. And there were on the Easter holiday weekend.
“Currently, people 65 and older are vaccinated in Panevėžys, and people with the right to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are also waiting in line. However, not everyone in this group will agree to receive the vaccine. above Vaxzevria. When we have free vaccinations, people belonging to other groups (educators, graduates, civil servants) are invited to vaccinate. Only sometimes police officers, when they find out that they are going to receive the Vaxzevria vaccine, they reject it ”, Justified K. Armonavičius to the JP news portal.
Plans to expand facilities
According to the deputy director of the municipal administration of the city of Panevėžys, although the facilities of the vaccination center in the old bank are larger than in the polyclinic of the city of Panevėžys, Nemuno street, there are still plans to expand them.
“It is already clear that more space is needed, as more doses of vaccines are planned, and then the number of vaccinated will increase. We are already negotiating with the Laisvės a building. 18 local second floor owners for rent. After applying them for vaccination, we will have around 170 m² of additional area ”, said K. Armonavičius and continued:
“But it is not so good to say that everything is going well. The people of Panevėžys complain, and I have seen how distances are not respected at the vaccination site. This usually happens in the morning when most of the people gather. More than once they had to warn me to keep distances of 2 meters, but maybe people missed communion and pressed each other. Or you think that pressing will vaccinate faster. In my opinion, people need to be aware and remember keep your distance “.
Vaccines saved
After hearing the question why so few people from Panevėžys were vaccinated on Easter weekend, K. Armonavičius simply replied:
“If we had used all the vaccines over the long weekend, we would no longer have the opportunity to vaccinate the residents of Panevėžys after the holidays. Therefore, we have saved the doses of the vaccine until we have the next doses arriving today. to the vaccination center. These will be doses of the Pfizer vaccine. “
Manual registration
According to K. Armonavičius, currently only people over 65 are invited to be vaccinated. and older residents of Panevėžys, but also teachers and some civil servants.
“Of course, I would like the process to be faster, but there are problems with the vaccine lists that are compiled manually. I do not know where Vilnius and Kaunas get their funds, that we can use information technology for registration, we cannot be proud of that. I believe that the Ministry of Health could provide a unified registration option through electronic systems ”, explained the deputy director of the Municipal Administration.
Volunteers don’t survive
K. Armonavičius made no secret that he also has problems with the volunteers who help at the vaccination center.
“It just came to our notice then. We invited them, we trained them, but there are times when one day they work and the next day they don’t come. You need to invite others and go back to training. It would be fun for volunteers to consider volunteering more responsibly. However, I am glad that there are also very responsible volunteers that we can be proud of, ”said the official.
To answer why there are problems, I did not dare
Karolis Valantinas, the head of the Panevėžys Municipal Polyclinic, responsible for vaccination, did not dare to communicate with correspondents and name the existing problems and explain why vaccination is stagnant in Panevėžys.
Mr. Valantinas suggested emailing questions. The director of the Panevėžys Municipal Polyclinic did not answer them.
Responses to journalists on the JP news portal were sent by Aurelija Petronienė, director of nursing at the Panevėžys Municipal Polyclinic.
Red Cross volunteers also participated
Nursing administrator A. Petronienė stated that she used the help of Red Cross volunteers to manage the flow of vaccinated people from Panevėžys.
“At the vaccination center, we have provided indoor and outdoor waiting areas. Therefore, we rely on the conscience of the residents of Panevėžys who came to get vaccinated and the understanding that they must keep their distance, reach the exact time and after the 15 minutes indicated. after the vaccination procedure, leave the facilities of the Vaccination Center “, – explained A. Petronienė about the management of the flow.
He was not planning to work during Easter.
When asked how she worked during the Easter period, Senior Nurse Administrator A. Petronienė explained:
“According to the plan, we had to work on Saturday and vaccinate 300 people, but some did not come and others refused to be vaccinated with Vaxzevria. Therefore, we vaccinated a total of 159 people. We had no plans to work during Holy Week. In addition, many people did not express any desire to get vaccinated before the holidays. We vaccinated 2,396 people at the Immunization Center last week. The number of people vaccinated tends to increase every week, ”wrote A. Petronienė in his response.
If you forgo the vaccine, invite others
The Chief Nursing Administrator of the Panevėžys Polyclinic explained that the elderly residents of Panevėžys are invited to be vaccinated by the registrars, according to the lists of family doctors provided.
“Older residents of Panevėžys receive calls from registrars. Educators and firefighters are also already being vaccinated. They receive SMS messages with a designated date and time. In addition, we encourage people to register on the esveikata.lt portal. By the way, afterwards that a third of people rejected the Vaxzevria vaccine last week, we invited police officers and firefighters to get vaccinated, and today we will start vaccinating graduates of the city of Panevėžys, ”said A. Petronienė, adding:
“All vaccines are equivalent and approved by the State Drug Control Agency. Often times, people who reject vaccines do not even have a strong argument for rejecting them. This greatly delays the entire vaccination process, wastes human resources and creates new lists for another vaccine. As a result, queues form, people start to get angry at having to wait, although in principle they have already been offered the vaccine. We urge the public to have confidence in the science, not to miss the opportunity to get vaccinated in time and be patient if the vaccine has been rejected once ”.
Waiting for new doses of the vaccine
The Panevėžys city municipality reports that 2429 residents were vaccinated last week: 1641 residents were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine, 788 residents received the second dose. People over 65 years of age were invited to be vaccinated. Residents of Panevėžys, teachers, part of the civil servants.
It is scheduled to receive AstraZeneca 2020, more than 2,200 Pfizer and 400 Moderna vaccines this week.
