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President Simonas Krėpšta’s adviser says the number of vaccines received last week was 70,000. doses – create preconditions to accelerate vaccination, and in theory Lithuania can reach 10 thousand. the number of people vaccinated per day.
However, according to him, if vaccination is not accelerated, there is a risk that vaccines will accumulate in warehouses.
“If those vaccination rates remain the same as this week or last week, there is definitely a risk,” S. Krėpšta told LRT radio on Thursday.
“Last week we had around 70 thousand vaccines obtained, this presupposes a real increase in vaccination rates. So far we see that these numbers have not increased so much, we also had days off, holidays, when vaccination rates are going down” , He said.
According to him, as the supply of vaccines increases, the number of people vaccinated must also increase, so the goal of the Presidency is to vaccinate by 70% in mid-summer. population: there are more preconditions for implementation.
“On February 16, Johnson & Johnson submitted its vaccine to the European Medicines Agency for authorization, which would be the fourth vaccine and would again secure an additional supply in the second quarter of this year,” said S. Krėpšta.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, currently in Lithuania the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a total of 102 thousand people. 691 people, in both doses – 55 thousand. 212 people.
In total, Lithuania has received 215 thousand. 805 doses of vaccines, of which 157 thousand were used. 903 doses.
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