The president believes that the ministry is not queuing enough to receive vaccines: it takes three steps

The president’s proposals, which respond to the unfair behavior of a part of the population, were presented by his senior adviser Simonas Krėpšta at a remote press conference on Monday.

“In the president’s opinion, it is really good that the Ministry of Health took action yesterday, but they are not enough. Looking ahead, and especially the period in which more people will be vaccinated than are currently vaccinated, at least three additional steps must be taken, ”he said.

“First of all, it is necessary to implement a certain electronic system, which would verify compliance with the vaccination sequence in a much more systematic way”, said S. Krėpšta.

According to him, it is also convenient to review the vaccination procedure and better coordinate the entire vaccination system.

“The second thing is to review the vaccination order planned by the Minister of Health, to clarify the principle when moving between a priority order and down, so that there are clear principles when it is possible to move and when not.

Third, looking ahead, there is a need for greater coordination of the entire vaccination system. Other countries have coordination centers, there are certain beginnings of such a center in our country, but it must be strengthened, ”said S. Krėpšta.

At least as a first step, the government, according to the adviser, promised to take action: “We have heard from the Minister of Health, Honorable Prime Minister, that steps are being planned for an electronic system to ensure compliance.”

On Monday, A. Dulkys and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė participated in the meeting with the President.

“During the meeting they discussed how to find the right balance between centralization and decentralization ensuring that injustices are avoided”, summarized the G. Nausėda advisor the topic of the conversation.

A. Dustys: control must not interfere

Minister A. Dulkys, who participated in the press conference, stated that not all processes related to vaccination can be centralized.

“We cannot live in an atmosphere of mistrust. All processes in the health system, as in any other system, cannot be centralized, because only the medical institutions themselves, only the municipality itself knows better which specific people work with patients with COVID-19 and which specific people meet the conditions established by the procedure.

We have to trust those who do their job honestly, “he said.

Among other things, A. Dulkys emphasized that vaccination control should not become an obstacle: “Control processes should not interfere with the speed of vaccination. Control processes shouldn’t cost more than the end result. And the result is lives saved. “

In general, the Minister said that the start of vaccination with COVID-19 is smooth, except in some cases.

“The vaccination process is smooth, the start is great, we have good initial results. It is very unfortunate, of course, and unpleasant, for the things that have been made public recently. Absolute transparency and publicity are necessary in this area, “said A. Dulkys.

The vaccination process is smooth, the start is great, we have good initial results.

“Apparently, the race for vaccination is the worst option there could be in this situation. “We have established priority groups to vaccinate first those who are fighting on the front lines and who are most likely to become infected,” he said.

Public figures, the minister believes, should lead by example and not use privileges as they have for “many decades.”

It is not yet known if those who have been vaccinated consecutively will receive a second vaccination

Cases of COVID-19 vaccination without going through the established order will be clarified by the police. The president, according to his adviser, expects the institutions to be active in these matters.

“The president wants to emphasize that our legal system has many responsibilities, both administrative and criminal, for crimes of corruption. It is very important that this system works and that the authorities fully clarify and, of course, sanction if guilt is proven, ”said S. Krėpšta.

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G. Nausėda met with A. Dulkis and Prime Minister I. Šimonyte after several people had been vaccinated against COVID-19 despite the established order.

15 minutes wrote that Ričardas Ūselis, the director of the Ambulansas company, which operates the Šilal de private ambulance station, and three members of his family had received such vaccinations, also his wife’s brother, former shareholder of Ambulansas, the head of the Transmeda real estate group, Juozas Pranckevičius.

BNS found that the Žalgiris Clinic of Vilnius University Hospital (VU) from COVID-19 They vaccinated eight professors from the VU Institute of Dentistry who had no employment contract with this medical institution.

When asked if these people would receive a second COVID-19 vaccine in three weeks to build immunity, A. Dulkys said he still couldn’t say.

“I couldn’t answer it today because the situation is unique. We will see what the solutions will be. There will probably be two fields here again: if the vaccine has been spilled and if these people in general have the moral right to get more vaccinated ”, commented the minister.

S.Krėpšta assured that in this situation it would be appropriate to honestly follow the established vaccination order.

In cases where the population has been vaccinated in breach of an order of priority, It will be analyzed by the Special Investigation Service (STT) and will decide whether to open a pre-trial investigation.

The STT must also perform anti-corruption evaluation of the vaccination organization.

There should be a hotline from Monday to report possible vaccination violations, and the ministry is committed to initiating individual inspections to see if the established vaccination requirements have been met.