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Lithuania participates in the process of purchasing a European vaccine against COVID-19. As already announced, more than $ 100 million could be spent to purchase the vaccine. euros. However, according to the prime minister, the amount could be several or several times less, “depending on the success of the companies that develop vaccines.”
Lithuania is inclined to decide to commit to purchasing COVID-19 vaccines from the seven manufacturers if they succeed in developing them.
This was confirmed to reporters by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday after a meeting of the leaders of the ruling parties in the Seimas.
“It seems to me that the leaders of all the parties in the coalition understand that the maximum decisions must be made so that our people are safe, healthy, alive and the economy is not hampered,” he said.
In the future, it will be considered whether the person has been vaccinated.
They have already thought about how to encourage people to get vaccinated in the future.
“It just came to our knowledge then. They will all be vaccinated. There are a smaller number, (…) we think it should vaccinate about 70 percent. Populations. There may be fewer, but we also have option B, so that those vaccines arrive Lithuania should not be discarded. Although we do not rule it out, as the validity will not be very long, we will try to take advantage of all the possibilities to maximize the use of the vaccine, “said S. Skvernelis after the meeting of the Governing Board in Seimas.
The Prime Minister did not rule out the possibility of international agreements being reached in the future, so the conclusion of travel “bubbles”, where it is possible to travel during a pandemic, takes into account whether a person has been vaccinated.
“If we are really successful in these actions and the vaccine is effective, then in the event of outbreaks (…), we will not have to shut down the country, the economy, the economy, shut down or isolate ourselves. Yes, there will be a condition: if we have to talk about some kind of travel “bubble” again, it is natural that the person who will be vaccinated will have completely different travel, communication and business conditions than the one who will belong to the risk group “, said S. Skvernelis.
Consider buying vaccines from all manufacturers
Lithuania is inclined to make the decision to commit to purchasing COVID-19 vaccines from the seven manufacturers if they succeed in developing them, the SNB wrote.
“It seems to me that the leaders of all the parties in the coalition understand that the highest decisions must be made so that our people are safe, healthy, alive and the economy is not hampered,” he said.
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