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The mayor of the capital, Remigijus Šimašius, complains about the amount of COVID-19 vaccines he receives and says that Vilnius should receive them at least as much as other large cities in the country.
“So far, the situation is such that Vilnius is the most likely to be vaccinated: vaccine residues are the lowest among all major cities and the amount of vaccines we receive is the lowest in Lithuania.” This is difficult to understand, “R. Šimašius told reporters on Wednesday.
“Yesterday I only asked for more vaccines to be administered if the situation is more complicated.” As we can see from the statistics, we use them faster, faster than any other big city, “he added.
The mayor of the capital said that by Wednesday the city had received 106 thousand. 287 doses of vaccine,
“In terms of population, that’s 18.66 percent, although the number is actually skewed because we vaccinate through outpatient clinics, and outpatient clinics have 100,000 enrollments. more than according to statistics (declared population), that is, we actually receive less than other big cities, ”said R. Šimašius.
“We have 89.32 percent of the vaccines that we use today, followed by another city with 85 percent, and it is natural that our goal is to have at least as many vaccines as in other places,” said the mayor.
According to R. Šimašius, Vilnius would like to receive at least several tens of thousands more doses of the vaccine, although he also noted that, taking into account the dynamics and the actual population larger than those who have declared their place of residence, “in fact , the number should be several tens of thousands higher. “
The mayor of the capital also stated that there are “very few people who refuse to be vaccinated from risk groups and there are simply no vaccines left”, the only outpatient clinic facing a slow desire to get vaccinated was named by Naujoji Vilnia.
The head of the capital also said that he is awaiting the conclusions of the National Public Health Center on the epidemiological situation in the city.
He recognized that morbidity in the city was higher than the national average, which was explained by the greater dynamics of the capital, the flow of arrivals, the prevalence of the so-called most contagious British strain.
He also agreed that as the situation deteriorated, the government might need to tighten quarantine conditions at the local level, but at the same time suggested increasing vaccination coverage in the region.
“If this is unavoidable (stricter local quarantine), it may be necessary to take such measures by saying ‘a’ and saying ‘b’. If the situation in Vilnius is more serious, then perhaps we will do the ‘b’, give him vaccinations at least as much as in other cities, I would very much like to see it in a comprehensive way, “said the mayor.
He said he would work to vaccinate people who work in contact, as a matter of priority, from police officers, specialists in the protection of children’s rights, to cashiers in stores.
Authors: Ramūnas Jakubauskas, Milena Andrukaitytė
