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“There is a false message in the public domain that vaccination against the coronavirus will be mandatory. Vaccines will be free and will not be mandatory, but recommended,” R. Karbauskis told reporters at Seimas on Thursday.
According to the “campesina” guide, greater vaccination coverage will be sought “through education, in an attempt to explain to people why this solution would benefit them.”
“The Ministry of Health and other institutions will work to educate people that it is safe and that it will improve their situation, especially the elderly, for whom the virus is really very difficult to spread,” said R. Karbauskis.
He explained his statement in an attempt to refute reports in the public domain that vaccines would be mandatory.
The Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, also stressed that “no coercive measures will be taken.”
“No one will be forced to go anywhere, they will not be vaccinated or coerced by force,” he said in Seimas.
According to the minister, the objective will be to explain the benefits of vaccines to the public through doctors.
On Wednesday, the government decided to participate in the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines under development, which is being negotiated by the European Commission, together with other countries of the European Union.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis noted that people who have been vaccinated will have certain privileges: they will be able to travel more easily, they will not have to remain isolated.
The Prime Minister reported that it is estimated that around 70% of the people in Lithuania would be vaccinated voluntarily. populations. The Prime Minister pointed out that the population would be vaccinated free of charge.
The European Commission has signed an agreement with AstraZeneca, a British and Swedish pharmaceutical company, to buy COVID-19, but six potential manufacturers are in talks.
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