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According to the representative of the municipality of the city of Vilnius, Dovilė Ibianskaitė, as of approximately 5 pm, more than 3.2 thousand have been vaccinated in the four operational points. persons. Vaccination in the capital on Saturday takes place until 7:00 p.m.
In total, almost 4,000 people have signed up to get vaccinated on Saturday. population, so it can be predicted that the majority will come and score points, ”D. Ibianskaitė told BNS.
The capital municipality intends to vaccinate the neighbors during the long weekend.
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius previously stated that about 12,000 people are scheduled to be vaccinated over three public holidays. people in priority groups. You are invited to register online.
According to D. Ibianskaitė, more than 2.5 thousand people have already registered to be vaccinated on Sunday. Vilnius residents. The AstraZeneca vaccine is used mainly in the capital.
There are many absent in Kaunas
Kaunas residents get vaccinated only on Saturdays. About 4,000 people were expected to be vaccinated. persons. As in the capital, residents are vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
“The process is progressing smoothly, we have currently vaccinated almost 2.5 thousand people. people, and in total we have invited 7 thousand people to get vaccinated on Saturday. persons. There were no problems, as we noticed that people are in a better mood, maybe it is influenced by the upcoming Easter, ”said Justinas Dzidzevičius, vaccination coordinator at Kaunas Polyclinic, at BNS.
However, he acknowledged that a significant number of people invited to be vaccinated did not attend.
“It’s hard to say why it happened, but there are really a lot of people like that. I think there will definitely be at least 30% of them,” said J. Dzidzevičius.
The Klaipeda City Municipality carries out vaccination on Saturday and Monday, the second St. At Easter, vaccination involves employees and graduates of educational institutions who choose to be vaccinated, as well as employees from various services that agree to be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Several municipalities held live lines for vaccines on Saturday. In addition to pre-registration, the vaccine is available at the Marijampolė Vaccination Center, and the municipalities of Plungė and Trakai were also invited to live queues, but those who wanted to register had to register with the latter.
Invite priority groups to get vaccinated
The municipalities remember that not everyone can join the queue and receive the vaccine, only those who belong to the approved priority groups.
These include people 65 and older, people with chronic illnesses, severe or moderate disabilities, and family members who care for them. Also people who perform important functions for society: public order employees, firefighters, customs agents, border guards, soldiers, employees of the food industry, employees of retail companies who are in contact with customers.
A total of 377,000 people in Lithuania were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine on Saturday. 891 people, both – 175 thousand. 357. Lithuania has received 642 thousand. 365 doses of the vaccine, of which 553 thousand were used until Saturday. 248.
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