Vilnius announces a new stage of vaccination: answer the most frequently asked questions

The advisor to the mayor of Vilnius, Karolis Žukauskas, wrote on the social network Facebook that he understood that this vaccine is the least desired by the population, however, he provided arguments as to why it is useful to vaccinate it and answered the most frequently asked questions recently.

“We are well aware that AstraZeneca is the least coveted vaccine (although there is no question about its effect – a friend had an antibody test yesterday, she found 204 antibodies after the first AstraZeneca vaccine – which is a lot and what protected her virus when infected by another family member). However, this is the only vaccine supply at the moment, so consider whether you really want to stay and wait in the elk forest. The pandemic situation in Vilnius it’s bad, you can catch the virus while you wait, and then the consequences can be sadder.

We are constantly talking to the Government, their objective is clear and logical – to vaccinate as many people as possible with the first vaccine, so we agreed that the second AstraZeneca vaccination will not be premature until now (because if we advance it, it reduces the possibility vaccinate as many people as possible). But in the future, there may be such an opportunity: let’s start vaccinating as many people as possible with an AstraZeneca vaccine.

When will we go to more sensitive groups with AstraZeneca? We are also constantly talking to LRV and SAM about this, so far the consensus is that we will not touch the younger groups this week. We will inform when decisions change ”, wrote K. Žukauskas on the social network.

At the same time, the mayor’s advisor answered the following questions:

How do I know if my company has sent a list to the vaccination center?

Try to verify yourself with a personal code in the system http://vakcina.vilnius.lt/. If you cannot register, ask company executives if a list is provided. We will not have the opportunity to reply to all employees, we will not publish the list of companies.

If the company made a mistake in my personal code when submitting the list, what can I do?

Currently, the vaccination process is similar to that of a large factory, so we have no way of manually correcting errors. Wait until it is your turn to get vaccinated by age group.

If other vaccines arrive in Lithuania in the near future, will company employees be able to vaccinate them?

No, the company’s employee registry will be closed.

I want to change the date of the second vaccination, what can I do?

This is a very common question and sadly, we will not have good news at least in the near future. Be human, compare the date of the second vaccination with your wedding, when all other things are combined with it, not the other way around. Travel, business trips, vacation plans and more – all of this should be combined with the date of the second vaccination, as this is one of the most important events in your life right now, without salt. I understand that there may be things planned, there may be unexpected illnesses, but there are no other options yet and we cannot promise that there will be. It is not just a technological problem (which is being solved), but also a logistical nightmare: by allowing vaccination dates to change when we don’t even know a week in advance when how many vaccines will arrive, we will enter an endless process. with five layers to match. Yes, it is very real that the second vaccine was missed for one reason or another. [datą] You will have to go through the entire vaccination process again with two shots, so again, the second shot is your wedding date and you don’t want to be late for your wedding.

Where should I get the second vaccination, what is the location?

After opening the Litexpo vaccination center (Laisvės ave. 5):

• the booster vaccine is transferred from Karoliniškės Polyclinic to Litexpo;
• from Monday (May 3) the vaccination and booster vaccination will be transferred from the Šeškinė polyclinic to Litexpo;
• The booster vaccination will be carried out at the Žirmūnai vaccination center and Vilnius city municipality for about 3 more weeks, later it should also be transferred to Litexpo.

You should also be notified of changes by text message.