On May 30, Lithuania started administering the fourth dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people, with others planned to be offered an extra booster shot toward the autumn, the Health Ministry said. As of May 30, the vaccination is open to all adults with chronic immunosuppressive diseases or other serious immune deficiencies, as…
Lithuania has thrown away some 46,600 coronavirus vaccines after they expired, the Health Ministry has said. Some 36,200 doses were disposed of in April and another 10,400 in May. “So far, we have only disposed of Moderna vaccines due to their expiration date,” Lukas Galkus, an adviser at the Health Ministry, said, adding that there…
Over 100,000 Georgian citizens have purchased drugs imported from Turkey over the two months since the launch of the Government initiative to lower medication costs on the local market by importing products from Turkey, Health Minister Zurab Azarashvili has said. Speaking to MPs in the Minister’s Hour format of the Georgian Parliament, Azarashvili said the…
Half of Lithuania’s medical team is staying in Ukraine for one more week and the rest are returning home after completing their mission, the Health Ministry reports. The situation in Ukraine remains tense, Marius Ciurlionis, an advisor at the ministry, says. “The medical workers themselves willingly agreed to stay, and we are very happy about…
Latvian Medical Association (LMA) has received applications from 60 Ukrainian doctors, as confirmed by LMA public relations official Evija Ansonska. The majority of applications were received from dentists – 15 people from Ukraine have expressed an interest in working in Latvia, followed by gynaecologists and obstetricians, ophthalmologists, paediatricians and anaesthesiologists. LMA provides support in the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union have donated another eight tons of medical products, medicines and rapid tests to the Ministry of Health. According to the Ministry of Health, the donation comes in response to the refugee crisis. The batch includes 55 modules for trauma care, 10 trauma bags, 24 sets for…
Six refugee health workers from Ukraine, including four doctors and two nurses are to be employed in public health facilities in the country. According to the Ministry of Health, notices were issued for their employment during the state of emergency, after requests were received during this week from the heads of medical institutions. If the…