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“Vaccination has already started in groups over 70 years old, 17.9 percent of those patients were vaccinated yesterday,” said Viktorija Turauskytė, head of the municipal health department, in a comment sent to BNS.
Based on data from the Department of Statistics, the Municipality of Vilnius states that in this municipality most of the vaccines have been vaccinated with more than 80%. old people. Here, 34 percent received at least one vaccine. from them.
Vilnius is also getting vaccinated at home, with about 250 vaccinated patients.
“Family doctors make a list of older people who have special needs, feel lonely or cannot go to the treatment center. Seniors receive calls from the outpatient clinic they are visiting to discuss whether a vaccination is needed at home. The vaccination team gives advance notice of arrival by phone, so it is not necessary to contact any other place, “says the representative of the municipality.
Queues formed in Kaunas
There were queues at the Kaunas Vaccination Center earlier this week. According to the head of the Kaunas Polyclinic Paulius Kibiša, they were formed when residents brought their relatives at a convenient time for them, but at a convenient time for them, therefore 300 people arrived at noon instead of 30.
“We ask you to be on time, or if the time is completely wrong, to report,” emphasized Mr. Kibiša.
In Kaunas, vaccination of residents over 80 years of age is also being completed. Everyone who so wishes is expected to be vaccinated this week.
“On Monday, 74 percent came to us. Of those who had been vaccinated, we vaccinated almost 1.3 thousand, yesterday we vaccinated 1.8 thousand. – that’s 65 percent. Taking into account that the people are much older, it happens that the messages are not read, they change their minds ”, said the head of the polyclinic.
According to him, there have been cases where people were outraged that the elderly population had not been invited to get vaccinated, but sometimes it turns out that they do not read the received text messages.
“We understand that this may not be the most perfect way to convey that message, but it is the most effective way,” said the director of the polyclinic.
He urged his loved ones to take care of the elderly and help them.
According to data from the Department of Statistics, 28.9% of the vaccines were vaccinated in Kaunas with at least one dose of the vaccine. population over 80 years old.
On Tuesday, Klaipėda announced the end of vaccination for the population aged 80 and over, where a quarter of people over this age were vaccinated.
27% were vaccinated throughout Lithuania. population in this age group.
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