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In hospitals, not vaccinated, although they could
R.Šimašius was happy with the results of last week: all vaccines received more than 40 thousand. the doses were consumed on Saturday. Therefore, a significant number of Vilnius residents have already received the second or at least the first dose of the vaccine.
“It’s very good for us,” said the mayor.
The situation in the hospitals is a little better, because there were 18 vacancies at the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital on Monday morning, when there were only three a week ago. However, the mayor also spoke about the fact that the majority of those lying in hospitals with severe symptoms are those who could but have not yet been vaccinated.
“It is also a matter of personal responsibility, because it costs a lot, resources are wasted a lot, doctors and medical staff are tired, I respect them. I highly recommend vaccines because it greatly reduces the risk of infection and negative consequences.
This is also one of the reasons why now half of those hospitalized are under 65 years of age. Over 65 years old. most of them are those who have not yet been vaccinated, “noted R. Šimašius.
It is a matter of personal responsibility because it costs a lot. I highly recommend vaccines because it greatly reduces the risk of infection and negative consequences.
This week – 53 thousand. vaccines
This week, Vilnius received 53 thousand. vaccines, mostly around 30 thousand. AstraZeneca. 15 thousand doses are left for the booster vaccination the following week.
„The search started at 45 m. and the category of older people, that is the category that we have not yet reached. There are a lot of people registered, some of the vaccines are out of stock. Based on current record times, we still have 11,000. “The AstraZeneca doses for the first vaccination, I especially invite these people to get vaccinated,” said the mayor.
When asked about the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, whether it could be brought forward, the mayor said it would still be up to specialists to decide. However, he says he has raised the issue more than once with the Ministry of Health.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15 min photo / AstraZeneca vaccine
“We have a problem that people tell about and although after the first dose of AstraZeneca there is a very high level of immunity, maybe higher than after the first dose of other vaccines, but the person receives the full package after the second dose.
This math is simple: I got it on April 1. the first AstraZeneca vaccine and the second at the end of June. And the man who gets, say, May 3. the first dose of Pfizer, the second in late May, a month earlier. So it is natural that to get full immunity, perhaps with travel plans in mind, people are more inclined to choose another vaccine and this is a problem, ”said R. Šimašius.
According to the mayor, all vaccines are good, there is no doubt here, but time is a problem, so he himself is waiting for a SAM solution to advance the time of the second dose.
“Until now, this opportunity is available only for professors and graduates, also for everyone else,” said R. Šimašius.
Follow the instructions
The mayor of Vilnius assured that Vilnius will follow the instructions of the Operations Center very precisely, which groups will be vaccinated and when, and the transition to the next group of vaccinated will be made only when representatives of the first group can be vaccinated.
It is said that last week, when more than 55 people could be vaccinated, there were only a little more than 100 vaccines left, so it was possible to move on to another group. So if this happens this week, maybe even the youngest people can get vaccinated next week.
“It just came to our attention then. Now, as indicated in the order of the operations chief, we are expanding that circle to more than 45, ”said R. Šimašius.
There are no residency controls as determined, and we do. We invite all Vilnius residents to register first.
That was the reason the registration stalled on Monday morning. “These are the real challenges of using this system at the national level. So far, it is only used by Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, but the challenges are not small,” said the Vilnius director.
There are no residency controls
“There are no restrictions as set out in the SAM, so we do them. There are no residency controls as determined, and we do. We invite all Vilnius residents to register first,” the mayor said about vaccines that the people from other municipalities are coming to Vilnius.
However, he stressed that he would hear more often how young people from Vilnius go to get vaccinated elsewhere, for example in Šalčininkai.
When asked if there should be more restrictions in Vilnius, when the epidemiological situation is really bad, R. Šimašius stated that the Government has an important task to balance: austerity, security and the fact that economic life could take place and “people would not go sitting crazy.”
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Queues of people at the “Litexpo” vaccination center
“It seems to me that it is difficult, but facing it is not bad. A passport of opportunity would help even more, vaccination volumes would increase. When we look at where the virus is spreading, we can clearly see that the immediate environment or unidentified cases, among which at least kindergartens in Lithuania are important.
Such spreads, which would be related to recent releases, have no reason to claim that there is any effect. Relaxing restrictions is logical, we have to go to restrictions systematically and get out of them systematically and smoothly, ”said R. Šimašius.
As of Monday noon in Vilnius, there were no more Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available this week, there are still around 11,000 AstraZeneca vaccines. dose. “We do not plan to receive more Pfizer vaccines this week than we need for the second dose, we are committed, we are not informed about other vaccines,” said R. Šimašius.
The mayor of Vilnius also spoke about the fact that if people who had the opportunity to get vaccinated but did not, they should be less persuaded. It is better to let those who want to get vaccinated.
However, there may be calls to people over 55 in the future.
The system crashed in the morning.
As BNS announced, after the Vilnius municipality opened the possibility of registering for coronavirus vaccination in the population aged 45 and over, the registration system collapsed on Monday morning. This happened after an influx of applications.
According to the municipality, the system was developed and its maintenance services are provided by the company Krizių Tyros Centras, which also provides these services to the municipalities of Kaunas and Klaipėda.
Difficulties were also encountered last Thursday, when long lines lined up near the largest vaccination center, Litexpo, the registration system did not work for some time.
Starting Monday, residents aged 45 and over can register for vaccination in Vilnius.
„Pfizer“ go to „modern“ graffiti
The Vilnius Municipality informed BNS that as of Monday, vaccines are no longer divided into priority groups, so any population belonging to the announced vaccination groups can register for vaccinations with any vaccine.
The municipality reports that this week it has about 55 thousand. vaccine dose: 29.5 thousand. AstraZeneca, 3.6 mil. “Modern” and 22 thousand. Pfizer. 38,3 thousand The doses will be administered for the first vaccination and the rest for the booster vaccination, even at the beginning of the following week.
However, around 11 pm the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines were no longer available, K. Vaitkevičius confirmed to BNS. There were about 9.3 thousand more in AstraZeneca’s vaccine registration system.
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