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We invite you to watch the live broadcast from the Ministry of Health, where Minister Arūnas Dulkys presents information about the vaccines that have arrived:
The vaccine is already in Lithuania
A. Dulkys claims that the Covid-19 vaccine is already in Lithuania.
“We are still in the heat of the fight, and the doctors are in the hotbed. Tired but true to their calling. Doctors fighting Covid-19 need support and hope now more than ever.
Coronavirus vaccine at 3:15 pm crossed the Lithuanian border. A new hopeful phase begins. I believe that the vaccine will make a significant contribution to the fight against the pandemic. The vaccination will begin tomorrow at 8 am, “says A. Dulkys.
The Chancellor of the Ministry of Health, Jurgita Grebenkovienė, says that the vaccines have already reached the Santara clinics, and that the vaccines will reach other cities: Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys and Kaunas.
The second shipment is expected to arrive in Lithuania in 29 days, we are expected to receive a slightly larger shipment than we received this time, but the exact number will be known only before the arrival of the vaccine. The Chancellor claims that the third shipment could arrive in Lithuania in early January.
He said how the population will be vaccinated
According to J. Grebenkovienė, it is planned to vaccinate doctors in the first trimester.
“Residents and staff of nursing homes will then be vaccinated, followed by chronic diseases and people over 65, and finally by mass vaccination of the public,” the chancellor said.
According to the chancellor, it is planned that these 10 thousand. The vaccines received will be vaccinated 10 thousand. without leaving a second dose. She says the second dose is recommended to be given 21 days after the first dose of the vaccine.
The chancellor said she could not reveal the price of the vaccine because it was said to be a secret.
The news portal tv3.lt recalls that the first doses of the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccines have been taken to the warehouses of the Health Emergencies Center (ESSC); their location, delivery time and exact number of vaccines are not advertised for safety reasons.
Subsequently, the vaccine will be distributed to five central medical institutions in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys, which are responsible for the management of COVID-19 in the regions.
This first batch of coronavirus vaccine is intended for physicians. By consensus, all clinics will begin vaccination simultaneously, Sunday, at 8 pm in the morning.
The BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine is the first and so far the only one authorized in the European Union (EU), and the European Commission authorized its distribution on Monday, when it was recommended by the European Medicines Agency.
The vaccine is expected to reach all EU countries that have purchased it on Saturday, and vaccination is scheduled to start simultaneously on Sunday.
After the vaccination of doctors working in healthcare institutions in Lithuania, in the second stage, vaccines will be administered to employees and patients of medical institutions providing supportive care and nursing services.
Earlier it was announced that the first shipment should reach Lithuania in almost 10 thousand. vaccines, but the Lithuanian authorities stated that information on future volumes was constantly changing. A. Dulkys hopes that if the vaccine supply is not interrupted, it will be possible to vaccinate several thousand doctors and people at risk each week.
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