LRT English Newsletter: Get jabbed
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Medics / E. Blaževič/LRT
LRT English Newsletter – January 8, 2021.
Medics have started receiving the first vaccine jabs and the whole medical community should be vaccinated by the end of January, according to officials. But most people will have to wait until the second and third quarters of the year under the chronological time frame announced by the government on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, one in four people in Lithuania are reluctant to get the shots, according to a recent survey. One in ten also believes the pandemic to be a hoax.
REOPENING CHURCHES?
The Catholic Church said it would start holding public mass again, leading to a public outcry and calls by politicians to reconsider. Although the church is not exempt from Lithuanian laws, an agreement between the government and the Vatican does give it some autonomy. The church soon backtracked.