The government has decided to make an additional 0.6 million. coronavirus vaccine dose



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According to Health Minister Arūnas Dulkis, the European Commission has offered Lithuania and other countries to buy additional quantities of the vaccine from Biotech Pfizer. Your amounts are calculated pro rata beginning.

In addition, Lithuania was offered to acquire 0.6 million. dose.

There was no major discussion on this topic at the meeting.

“Considering that this is the most developed vaccine, the likelihood that it will be possible to replenish the stock of the actual vaccine with additional quantities seems significant,” said Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.

Gytis Andrulionis, head of the State Drug Control Service (VVKT), said he did not see any disturbances and that the benefits of purchasing additional quantities are unquestionable.

It is planned to deliver 9,750 doses of vaccine to Lithuania on Saturday.

Freezers and special rooms for the storage of COVID-19 vaccines, some other measures are expected, reported the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

The Deputy Minister of Health, Živilė Simonaitytė, has previously said that the information on the quantities of coronavirus vaccine that is planned to be brought to Lithuania is constantly changing, so the European Commission requests not to publish the exact number of the first doses.



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