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The shipment was delivered to ESSC warehouses and placed in ultra low temperature freezers purchased specifically for these vaccines, which will be stored at -75 degrees. The vaccines were stored in ESSC warehouses for two hours, after which they were transported to five main hospitals in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys – Santara Clinic of Vilnius University Hospital, Kaunas Clinic of University of Sciences of the Lithuanian Health, Klaipėda University Hospital, Šiauliai Republican Hospital, Republican Hospital. Panevėžys Hospital. Vaccines were transported from ESSC warehouses to medical facilities using refrigeration equipment, ensuring the maintenance of a “cold chain” and traceability of the temperature regime throughout transportation. Vaccination will begin at these five centers on Sunday. The first to be vaccinated will be high-risk COVID-19 staff in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, who are exposed to the insidious virus on a daily basis. The vaccination procedure will need to be repeated after three weeks to develop immunity to the coronavirus. More information about COVID-19 vaccines can be found on the website www.koronastop.lt in a specially created section: https://koronastop.lrv.lt/lt/duk/skiepai-nuo-covid-19 During the first next quarter it is planned to vaccinate all employees. With the arrival of new vaccine shipments, vaccines will be introduced for supportive care and nursing staff and patients, as well as for social workers, pharmacists, people over 65, people with comorbid diseases, people with close social contact or prolonged or employees performing functions (law enforcement employees, employees working in fire protection and rescue, customs, border guard system, military, employees of educational institutions, energy, food industry, etc.) When the vaccine reaches all priority groups, we will invite everyone who wants to get vaccinated. Lithuania has entered into agreements with six vaccine manufacturers and intends to purchase more than 7 million of them. vaccine dose. They should be sufficient to vaccinate at least 70%. population of the country. According to experts, such a proportion of the vaccinated population would guarantee herd immunity against the coronavirus.
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