29 athletes fail to get 2nd doze after AstraZeneca vaccine is suspended

29 Lithuanian athletes, their coaches and medics getting ready for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics failed to receive the second vaccine doze after vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine was suspended in Lithuania, Lina Motuzyte, head of communication at the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, told BNS on Wednesday.

In her words, the athletes received the first doze on February 11. All in all, 196 people, including athletes preparing for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and their team members have received the first vaccine doze so far.

Vaccination with the first doze has not been completed yet. And none of the people on the list have received the second AstraZeneca vaccine doze yet.

31 people from the above-mentioned 196 already vaccinated people have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and 12 people have received the second doze of this vaccine.

The AstraZeneca was used for all the remaining people, and the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was used for people over the age of 55.