0 >Estonia s first COVID-19 vaccine was given to resident-doctor Jelena Rozinko in Kohtla-Järve in Ida-Viru County on December 27. Source: Sergei Stepanov/ERR
Family doctors in Lääne County, Põlva County, Valga County and Lääne-Virumaa County have not yet received any doses of COVID-19 vaccines for their patients.
The rate of coronavirus vaccination is varying greatly across Estonia, ETV s Aktuaalne kaamera reported on Friday. Of the 785 family doctors in Estonia, 104 have not yet received any vaccines but should get their first doses next week. Reasons for this include logistics, lack of vaccines and being unable to contact patients.
When vaccines were rolled out to people in risk groups over 80, family doctors were asked to administer the vaccine. Currently, a patient must be contacted by their family doctor to get a vaccine. But if the doctor does not have a patient s contact details they cannot be added to the vaccination scheduled.