Later in the day, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, Speaker of the Seimas Viktorija Cmilyte-Nielsen and Health Minister Arunas Dulkys will also be immunized with the same vaccine.
The possibility to demonstrate trust in the vaccine emerged for Lithuania's leaders after the health minister's order including the president, members of the parliament and government into the vaccination priority line.
Up until then, there was no special procedure for vaccinating Lithuania's incumbent and former leaders.
AstraZeneca vaccinations were suspended in Lithuania and a number of other European countries for fears that it might be causing blood clots. But the European Medicines Agency concluded last Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was safe and effective.