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“When we see that the strategy (vaccinate people over 65 years – BNS) has been exhausted – we will definitely not do it all the time, we will not push, we will not terrorize people – when we see that the pace has already lost a lot of momentum, then we can talk about other decisions, “the Head of Government told reporters at Seimas on Thursday.
According to her, after Easter, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to about 70,000 people. people over 65 years of age.
“It just came to our attention then. We still have to try to work in that direction, to persuade older people to choose the vaccine, because it reduces the risk of contracting a serious form of the disease or even dying,” said I. Šimonyt .
“I understand that the simplest thing now would be to allow everyone to register, then the municipalities would have to have at least the first weeks of people who want to be vaccinated. But we have to judge from the point of view of the public good: where are our greatest losses? Our biggest losses are not case statistics, … our biggest losses are people who die. They are mostly people 65 years of age or older. Three-quarters of all deaths from or with COVID-19 are in that age group, “he said.
In accordance with the priority set by the Government, vaccination against coronavirus is currently provided to people 65 years of age or older with chronic diseases, socially important professions and graduates.
The prime minister said Thursday that the government plans to adopt the quarantine exemptions discussed on Wednesday, despite a relatively high number of new cases.
I. Šimonytė emphasized that those releases would take effect not immediately, but in a couple of weeks.
“It’s a two-week plan, and in those two weeks, I hope to handle the process smoothly,” he said.
The head of government argued that in such a volatile situation, it is difficult to assess when it is time to ease restrictions and what.
“No one can tell what time it is, because when we didn’t make those decisions last week, you asked me in the same way before the same rostrum why we didn’t make those decisions,” he said.
“It just came to our attention then. The point is that since the middle of last week, when there were more vaccines available, the vaccination process has sped up and the results have certainly been good. About 100,000 people were vaccinated last week. People. , that process continues this week, ”said I. Šimonytė.
The government agreed on Wednesday that stores, bars, sports clubs, theaters and cinemas, as well as events with spectators, will be able to resume their functions in the next two weeks with some restrictions.
It is also planned to decide on a passport that gives more rights to people with immunity. The ministers will have to decide whether to make it available to those who have a negative coronavirus test and the payment conditions.
A decision should also be made on the return of graduates to school as of May 3.
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