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“It would probably be a dream here to say that we travel as much as we want, but we also understand that the group of people who should register is probably very large, so we are still consulting a bit with the municipalities to see this process,” the deputy minister told the press on Friday.
“It seems like we’re inclined to recommend the registry for seniors first, maybe every five years, but exactly how we’ll implement it is probably another week and we’ll finally have those answers next week,” he said. added.
According to the deputy minister, it is still difficult to say exactly when the mass vaccination will begin, because even after the vaccination of the elderly is completed, there would be two more priority groups: people with chronic diseases and employees who perform important functions in the state. . . Registration of these groups for vaccination is planned to take place through workplaces and medical institutions.
“We are talking about the start of mass vaccination at the beginning of May. We can talk about the vaccination of these groups – people with chronic diseases and those who perform important functions for the state and society – during the second half of March-April”, said Ž. Simonaitytė.
The priority list of patients to be vaccinated was compiled by the ministry last year, and it is planned to update it with disease codes in the near future, but according to the deputy minister, there will be “more technical changes.” .
Registration will be done through e-health
It is expected that after the start of mass vaccination of society, its population will be registered through the e-health system. The vice minister recognizes that this will be a challenge that is already being prepared with the update of this system and the deployment of additional capacities.
Currently, the Registry Center is working on updating the pre-patient registry system and it is planned that this will be done either by connecting residents to the system themselves, or by calling and registering, but using the e-health system. managed by the Registry Center, “said Ž. Simonaitytė.
For its part, the Registry Center informed BNS that “an eHealth system, like any other computer system, can be a challenge at the same time.”
“However, it can be managed by distributing the flow of applicants evenly, for example, differentiating the process by age group. As usual, there is regular communication with the system administrator, the Ministry of Health, on this and other issues related to e-health, ”said Mindaugas Samkus, representative of the Registry Center.
According to the deputy minister, a backup registration system is currently being developed, which would be used in case of problems.
The registry center system was chosen for this purpose because most health institutions have interfaces with e-health, which makes the registry easier to implement technologically.
“Of course, if there is a need, and the backup system I mentioned you will get it from private providers and you will have that backup registration package,” he said.
Vaccination sites may increase
Speaking of the “live tail” for vaccines that are not used immediately, the deputy minister said that so far there is no such problem that vaccines are not used, because they can be stored for another five days after thawing.
“If it happens that some vaccines are not used that day, they are used the next day. The fact is, of course, that with increasing volumes, increasing amounts of thaw vaccines that must be consumed, if we are faced with such a need, it can be done. “, He said.
Ž. According to Simonaitytė, it is also considered that in the future vaccination could take place not only in pharmacies, but also at mobile points.
“There are really many opportunities to expand vaccination sites, if we see the need to not be able to use those vaccines, then we will expand,” said the deputy minister.
He stressed that, as in the past in a hospital emergency, the key issue is not infrastructure but human resources, that is, the people who can carry out the vaccination.
The Ministry also plans to expand the information campaign for the population, as well as to publish more information in other languages, such as Russian or Polish.
Lithuania has currently vaccinated more than 241,7 thousand people with the first dose of the vaccine. people, in both doses – more than 91.5 thousand. people.
