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The vaccines were delivered to Lithuania by van from Belgium, accompanied by a police team. 60 municipalities are expected to take them out on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Although the European Medicines Agency has authorized the use of AstraZeneca vaccines in people over 18 years of age and has not set an upper age limit, the Ministry of Health (SAM) has used the State Medicines Control Agency (IARC) to evaluate clinical trials. and further evaluate the safety of the vaccine in the elderly.
As the competent authority, the SAM, as the competent authority, did not issue an opinion or proposal on the use of AstraZeneca, and the Minister of Health signed an order on Friday evening instructing the IAC to issue an opinion on the age at which AstraZeneca should be vaccinated and when the second dose should be vaccinated.
Pending an opinion from the ICD, SAM decided to follow the safest vaccination schedule with AstraZeneca. The first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine will be used to vaccinate educators under 55 years of age.
AstraZeneca is already the third manufacturer to have a coronavirus vaccine registered and used in the European Union. According to the preliminary purchase agreement, Lithuania should receive a total of 1.86 million LTL. dose of this vaccine.
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