Minister of Health

As the coalition mulls potential ministerial candidates, the news website delfi.lt has learned who may lead the Ministries of Education and Health.

Estonian Minister of Health Riina Sikkut says there is no better way to sort out the country's healthcare issues than to raise more funds through taxation, the ERR public broadcaster reports.

Lithuania will start using Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines next week.

Criteria for people to be considered coronavirus-free will be changed soon, Vice Minister of Health Kristina Garuoliene says.

A staff member of Seskine Polyclinic in Vilnius has been confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus, Vice Minister of Health Algirdas Seselgis has confirmed

Saturday evening the manager of Panevezys hospital Arvydas Skorupskas confirmed that one man is accepted to the hospital with positive coronavirus test.

At the beginning of 2016, an order came into effect at the Ministry of Health that bars children that have not been vaccinated from polio, measles or rubella from being enrolled in kindergarten. Now, the Lithuanian courts will investigate whether this order, issued by former Minister of Health Vyten...

Deputy Minister of Health Erikas Mačiūnas is stepping down because of the difference of opinions between him and Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiutė, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius.

Some of the decrees signed by the former Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis will be suspended, says new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė.

The new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the government must not antagonize and set private and public healthcare one against the other, but rather it should establish a clear procedure for providing services in private healthcare institutions.

On Thursday the mandate of Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis ends and he is replaced by Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė. Andriukaitis thinks that his successor, fellow social democrat, will not change the team and how the ministry is run.

The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party will propose MP Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė as minister of healthcare.

Lithuania's Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis has confirmed his resignation. His successor will be known later in the day, with the Seimas' Social Democratic Vice-Speaker Algirdas Sysas named as one of the most realistic candidates.

Health Minister Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of the Social Democratic Party will remain in his post for now, until the party's committees and presidium agree on a new candidate to head the Health Ministry. Andriukaitis was recently hand-picked as Lithuanian delegate to the European Commission.

Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis says he is surprised by the resignation of his colleague, Minister of Agriculture Vigilijus Jukna. The social democrat claims he is unaware of the reasons but believes they must have been serious.