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“By this morning, there were about 9 thousand. Vaccines, there were still more than 6 thousand this morning. I want to be happy that after opening the vaccination this morning for people 35 years and older, the vaccines have dissolved in a few hours, we no longer have vacancies today, which is disappointing, because I would like to give everyone a chance to get vaccinated
He said the AstraZeneca vaccine would only be given to people 35 and older from Friday to Monday. On Monday, the municipality already expects 23 thousand. Pfizer vaccines, about half of which will be for the first vaccination of people 45 years of age and older, and about half for the booster shot.
On Friday, after 3 p.m., the capital’s vaccination registry system had about 1,300 places to register for Pfizer vaccines, as well as about 200 more places for vaccination with AstraZeneca.
Temporarily stop vaccination from the age of 35
The representative of the municipality Paulius Vaitekėnas explained to BNS that in the afternoon there were still around 550 places for Pfizer vaccines, but there were no more, the vaccine will be used on Friday. At the time, the new emerging sites were destined for next week’s vaccinations for those 45 and older.
According to him, next week the capital will temporarily stop vaccinating people aged 35 and over, and it will no longer be possible to register employees of large companies who have been vaccinated with AstraZeneca.
He confirmed that the AstraZeneca vaccines received this week for Friday night should be discontinued, meaning they will be distributed for vaccines over the weekend and Monday, and the “several thousand” doses planned for next week will also be They will administer to people of 45 years and other vaccines belonging to this group.
“We are monitoring the flows, the AstraZeneca vaccine should disappear today,” Vaitekėnas told BNS.
Vilnius Mayor R. Šimašius announced plans to start vaccinating people aged 35 and over on Thursday. According to him, Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys also supported the transition to this group.
Vilnius has been announcing the opening of vaccination for younger and younger groups for several weeks in a row, when it received a large number of additional vaccines for other municipalities. The Ministry of Health claimed that this was due to the deterioration of the epidemiological situation in the capital.
On Friday, R. Šimašius assured that the Vilnius Clinical Hospital is observing a “situation not very fast but in constant improvement”, and currently the institution has 44 free beds for patients with COVID-19.
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