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The first employees of Lithuanian hospitals were vaccinated against the coronavirus on Sunday morning.
Vaccination The COVID-19 vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, is now being launched throughout the European Union.
Nijola Ramonaitė, a nurse at the Santara Clinics Center for Infectious Diseases, received the first vaccine in Vilnius, and Jolanta Litvinienė was the first to be vaccinated in the Kaunas clinics. At the same time, vaccination began in three more hospitals in the country.
The nurses who received the vaccine during the live broadcast said they felt great.
“I feel great, just with the usual vaccination procedure. The stab is short, completely painless, ”said J. Litvinienė.
“During the festive period, it is very symbolic, as if it were a Christmas miracle, that we have the means to manage this huge global pandemic,” he added.
The nurse said that it would be easier to work psychologically after receiving the vaccine, but that strict safety measures would continue to be observed.
“It just came to our attention then. But, in principle, we will do everything that we have done so far: the same safeguards. We will continue to wear masks, we will go to the patient in overalls, as we have done so far, because the vaccine needs time to work, ”he said.
The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines were approved by the European Union institutions on Monday.
The first doctors vaccinated in Lithuania. According to the Ministry of Health, it is planned to vaccinate all medical personnel in the country in the first quarter of next year.
Feliksas Jankevičius, head of the Santara clinics, emphasized that the vaccines mark the beginning of a very important process to curb the coronavirus.
“At first glance, it seems like a very simple procedure, but it marks the beginning of a very important process, because without vaccination, we are certainly not going to cope with this pandemic,” he said.
Vaccination of physicians is followed by vaccinations of nursing and support services staff and patients, social workers, pharmacists, people over 65, people with comorbid conditions, people who cannot avoid contact close or prolonged social life or performing functions of public importance employees.
Authors: Vaidotas Beniušis, Ramūnas Jakubauskas, Augustas Stankevičius
