The great businessman responded by the low immunization in his company: he does not get vaccinated either

Last week, the Department of Statistics began publishing data on the proportion of workers in specific companies that may be immunized against SARS-CoV-2.

On July 21, Delfi removed all jobs related to human health care and fewer than 100 employees from the data.

Also excluded from the rest are construction (classification of economic activities from 4100 to 4399), transportation and storage (from 4900 to 5320), shipbuilding and repair (3010-3012, 3315), temporary employment companies (7820) and employment agencies (7810), as they tend to employ a large number of foreigners and Statistics Lithuania does not receive reliable information about them.

When the remaining companies were ranked according to the percentage of employees with the lowest proportion of immunized employees (relieved or vaccinated), it became clear that the worst situation was in Balttiekimas, a company registered in Klaipėda, dedicated to the processing and coating of metals.

In a company with 225 employees, the percentage of people immunized ranged from 0 to 9 percent. According to data from the Register of Legal Entities, the shareholder of Balttiekimas is Grigorij Spička, the director is Alina Volkova.

When Delfi contacted her, the woman initially wondered why she was being called from a personal phone. When asked about the situation at the company, he replied: “In some way I am not obliged to give you that information. I do not want to comment. Because I don’t have time for that. “

Took action

Poor immunization stats in Sematix. According to data from the Department of Statistics, between 20 and 29% of patients were sick or vaccinated. 250 employees.

Semiedx director Giedrius Bielskus told Delfi that action had already been taken at the company.

“Everything, the mass vaccination began with us last week and it will be one of the largest, 90 percent. Must be vaccinated. We have automatic decisions because many people work on business trips in Germany,” he explained, adding that the company performs various contracting and subcontracting jobs abroad.

Karolis Tolvaiša, director of the Lautė company, which produces bicycles and wheelchairs, also said that many of its employees work in Germany.

“There, the client has vaccinated our employees at the facility. We work on the principle of business trips at all. We receive an order from abroad and send employees to fulfill that request. The Germans are responsible, vaccinations have been organized in the company for both the Germans and us, ”he said.

According to department data, between 20 and 29 percent were vaccinated in Lautė. 140 employees. It is true that the department’s report indicated that workplaces where many workers are vaccinated (or diagnosed) in other countries may appear to have a very low immunization rate, as the electronic health system records only medical records received in Lithuania. .

Only employees with a Lithuanian personal identification code are also counted (because without it it is not possible to link vaccines, research and workplaces).

It is the large number of external workers, according to Trust Project Services, which translates into a low level of immunization in the company.

The data shows that less than 29 percent were immunized. 190 company employees are engaged in the installation of industrial machinery and equipment.

“It may be because half of us are workers from third countries. This information does not reach the Lithuanian statistics. Another part of the staff is abroad, “said a representative of Trust Project Services.

No comment

Among the worst immunized people is “Klaipeda Cleanup Projects” with 100 employees registered in Vilnius. Why in a simple building cleaning company, less than 29 percent were immunized. workers?

“We are not commenting on the situation. This is the company policy,” Audrius Statkevičius, a shareholder of the company, replied to Delfi.

Ernestas Baublys, the owner and manager of Transeta, a Druskininkai registered vehicle, behaved similarly.

“It just came to our notice then. We will do everything we can. We try to do that, okay? Thank you, no further comment,” he said.

20-29% were immunized in Transeta. 160 employees.

Kaslita has reached the same level of immunization. The shareholders of the company with 150 employees are Kastytis and Kęstutis Volbekai. The latter also works as a director of the company.

When asked why immunization in Kaslita is one of the lowest in Lithuania, he replied: “What I know is that people don’t want to get vaccinated. What can I comment here? “

He added that he himself has not been vaccinated and has no plans to do so in the future. “Why do I have to cheer for the employees?” Said Volbek (55).

Low level of immunization in non-specialized retail stores registered in Palanga, dominated by Ginmita, which is dedicated to food, beverages and tobacco. Less than 29 percent were immunized. 105 employees.

Its owner and manager, Vytautas Stonkus, told Delfi that this is probably the case, as the company employs a large number of minors.

“We have seasonal work, we also hire. The permanent employees are in order, and the temporary ones, the minors are still there, ”he said.

What did the immunization do the most?

Delfi also spoke with several companies with high levels of resistance to the coronavirus.

Ona Siniauskienė, technical director of Merkys, a company dedicated to the production of textile products in Varėna, said that the administration’s first vaccinated employees also contributed to the high level of immunization (90-100%).

“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration of our company has taken strict preventive measures: organization of work, avoiding meetings; wear masks in the workplace; measurement of body temperature; disinfection of premises; hand disinfection; tests of all company employees; extensive educational work on the COVID-19 pandemic; organized vaccination of employees (mainly vaccinated by management staff). We are happy that we were able to achieve it all together, ”said a representative of the team of 105 employees.

At Alytus’ plastic plate, sheet, tube and profile production company, Vita Baltic International, he was immunized from 90 to 100 percent. 215 employees.

Laura Obuchavičė, the company’s marketing director, told Delfi that safety is one of her core values.

“From the very beginning of the establishment of our company, we have paid great attention to it and constantly invested not only in the necessary tools and instruments, but also in the education and awareness of the employees. Therefore, I think we can say that such a high rate of our immunization is the result of many years of work.

In fact, during the pandemic, we went to great lengths to protect each other, for example we conducted weekly tests on our employees. To date, in 2021 we have completed more than 1.6 thousand. tests that allowed us to identify patients and isolate them, thus protecting other workers. We were very much looking forward to the opportunity to get vaccinated and we are grateful to the Alytus District Municipality for being one of the first to do so in our region.

How do we achieve such a high immunization rate? In fact the answer is very simple. We speak with our staff and try to answer any questions or concerns they may have about sharing vaccine information with them. Our CEO Renatas Degulis, as well as Safety Manager Audrius Jazepčikas, attended morning staff meetings and spoke to them about the fact that we all want to feel safe at work and vaccination provides that opportunity. As I said before, safety is one of our most important values. That is why we have chosen this path and today we can be happy, because we feel safe in our workplace, ”he said.