“After all that we’ve been through for almost a year, with all the restrictions, it is possible that vaccination will be mandatory, for example, if you want to walk without masks, if you want to travel somewhere, this vaccination passport will have to be presented, maybe it will be motivating, In the Riga TV 24 program “Press Club”, MFD’s chief physician in gynecology, former Minister of Health Ingrida Circene, shared her opinion.
The former health minister also pointed out in the program that, given how reluctant our population is to be vaccinated, we will not be able to reach more than 5-7, perhaps now 10% of the population who will be vaccinated. But in order to obtain collective immunity, this amount must be significantly higher.
“The flu vaccine has been tested, known for years, this will be new. Will we be able to cover the population that would be vaccinated even if the vaccine were free? ” Circenes did not sound convinced and added that only 5-7% of the population in Latvia were vaccinated against influenza.
It has already been reported that the vaccine against the population of Covid-19 will be provided free of charge, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) emphasized. He informed that the government had heard a report prepared by the Ministry of Health on the vaccination strategy against Covid-19. According to the Prime Minister, the news about the vaccine against Covid-19 is promising, as several drug manufacturers have applied to the European Medicines Agency to use vaccines developed by the manufacturers.
Kariņš admitted that vaccination against Covid-19 in Latvia could start in January, however, it is expected that more extensive vaccination could take place six months after receiving the first vaccines. He stressed that the state will buy these vaccines and provide them to the population free of charge.
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