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Why different rates?
Paulius Keras, Deputy Director of the Kaunas Municipality Administration, stated in the program that every day more people are vaccinated in Kaunas.
“It just came to our notice then. Last week, the maximum number of people vaccinated at the vaccination center was 2,000. During the day. This week, we are already inviting significantly more people to get vaccinated. (…) We see that everything is moving quite well, ”said P. Keras on the radio news program“ Question of the Day ”.
He claimed that around 4.5 thousand people were invited to vaccinate in Kaunas on Monday. population.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Currently, at least one vaccine in Kaunas is vaccinated by 8 percent of the city’s population. This is the rate,” said the deputy director of the Kaunas municipal administration.
He explained on the show that the test center’s capacity is increasing daily.
“We estimate that the maximum number could be around 8-10 thousand patients per day, if necessary,” Keras explained.
The deputy director of the Kaunas municipality administration stated that around 30 percent of the people invited do not come to get vaccinated.
“For a while in the last week, as our vaccination center was gaining momentum, people got invitations a little later, now we’re trying to do it early. And we are seeing an increase in the percentage of arrivals. But we still have to calculate that about 30 percent is not coming right now, “Keras said.
He said that even those who were invited to get vaccinated but decided not to could still change their minds, an electronic registration form for coronavirus vaccination would be introduced in a few days.
Keras said it was difficult to say why vaccination figures varied so much in the country’s municipalities.
“To evaluate the vaccination rate in the country’s municipalities, it is not the age groups that must be evaluated, but the percentage of vaccinated people in the municipalities. Because it shows more objectively how quickly there is vaccination. Because the age group distribution differs a lot in the different cities, ”said a representative of the Kaunas city municipality.
When asked why the figures differ, Keras said that different municipalities may face different problems.
“The main limitation is probably the number of vaccines. But vaccines are more or less evenly distributed. So maybe in some municipalities there are certain organizational problems, in others – maybe less activity of the population ”, P. Keras mentioned a possible reason.
A vaccination center has started operating at Kaunas Ice Palace
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Lack of communication
The head of the Molėtai Hospital, Vaidotas Grigas, spoke on news radio about distrust of the AstraZeneca vaccine. He said the government could not stop the growing myths.
“It is very easy to spread a message based solely on rumors. All vaccines have certain side effects. Whatever vaccine you have, the flu or whatever. This is normal, that message was spread, it was not denied in time, ”said V. Grigas.
The interlocutor of the program was surprised that it was to this vaccine that the teaching community reacted.
“People were scared and afraid of this day because of the communication gaps,” he said.
He explained on the show that there were almost no people at Molėtai Hospital who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
“I am very happy that practically all the people in our institution who have not yet become ill, as well as those who have been vaccinated, have been vaccinated. One person refused the vaccine for fear of comorbidities. We did a little experiment of this kind for our curiosity, we did antibody tests, those who got sick and got vaccinated. It’s that different. The amount of antibodies was less than that of those vaccinated, ”explained V. Grigas on the news radio program.
He called for all vaccines to be vaccinated, including the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is unwanted by the public.
“I urge you not to be afraid of this vaccine and to get vaccinated. Even our only path to freedom, no matter what vaccine is used, should be vaccinated. Because otherwise we will live in this quarantine,” said V. Grigas. , director of Molėtai Hospital, on the news radio show.
He illustrated his call with an example of a sinking ship in which passengers choose the color of the ship they want to escape from.
AstraZeneca vaccine for coronavirus
“The process is going quite well”
The Deputy Minister of Health, Živilė Simonaitytė, affirmed that the vaccination process is going well.
“Based on how we see the activity of the people, their participation, we believe that the process is going quite well. Although there are many questions and various noises around vaccination, we believe that the result is really good,” said the deputy minister.
She speculated that different municipalities in the country organize the vaccination process differently.
“But what we see is that most of the municipalities in the country really have no problems. If municipal doctors and the administration are in constant communication with their neighbors, communicate and explain that all vaccines are equally effective and safe, that vaccination does not differ in municipalities, “said the Vice Minister.
Ž. Simonaitytė emphasized that people refuse to be vaccinated not only with the AstraZeneca vaccine, but also with others.
“We tell the municipalities that they have to go down the priority list, that does not mean that we have to surprise the entire group of older people. Because there are really many people 65 years of age or older who agree to be vaccinated with all the vaccines that are offered to them. At present, this is the group for which vaccination is most relevant, ”said interviewee Ž. Simonaitytė.
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