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The decree on the replacement of ministers, signed by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, establishes that A. Verygas will be removed from July 20 to 31. He will be replaced by the Minister of Transport and Communications J. Narkevičius. R. Veryga plans to vacation for 5 weeks, until August 21.
The Government Resolution on State Emergency establishes that if the designated State Emergency Operations Manager is unable to perform the functions of the Operations Commander due to temporary incapacity for work, business trip or license, the Vice Minister shall perform the functions of the State Emergency Operations Manager.
In this case, these duties fell to J. Narkevičius.
After the quarantine was lifted, decisions about the management of coronavirus in the country are in the hands of the operations manager. These are decisions about countries that require self-isolation, the use of masks, behavior on public transport, events and many others.
At that time, Minister A. Veryga plans to spend time during the holidays to train, as there is a shooter, and to rest in neighboring Latvia.
“Minister Aurelijus Veryga is on vacation next week. She will spend most of her time in Lithuania, for example, scheduled time with shooters to which the Minister belongs. Part of the family vacation is on the Latvian coast,” revealed Lina. Bušinskaitė, the minister’s advisor, to the news portal tv3.lt her vacation plans.
The number of infected people is increasing.
The number of people infected with coronavirus is increasing again in Lithuania. 15 new cases were confirmed last day. Four of them are imported, eight people who have been infected at work or at home have been in contact with people who are already sick, the circumstances of the infection of three people are not yet known, the National Center of Public health.
According to NVSC, two import cases have been identified in Vilnius County.
“Two people returned to Lithuania from Croatia on July 2. On July 11, they attended a family celebration. The first symptoms occurred on July 13 for one person and on July 15 for the other,” the report said.
According to public health experts, after the celebration, a participant who was also found to have not visited the foreigner recently was also ill and is therefore believed to have been infected by returnees from Croatia.
Two other import cases were also detected in Vilnius County: the infected returned from Bulgaria on July 12.
“On July 13, people experienced symptoms of a coronavirus infection, so they were kept isolated at all times. A contact person has been identified,” reports NVSC.
The remaining seven cases related to people already ill were confirmed in Vilnius, Utena, Panevėžys and Kaunas counties.
In Vilnius County, the coronavirus was detected in a person who worked for a transport company. You have been in contact with people previously diagnosed with COVID-19 disease.
“The person has been in solitary confinement since July 13. According to the data collected, the person does not feel any symptoms, prophylactically examined at the company’s initiative. A person with contact has been identified,” the report said.
Another case was confirmed in Vilnius County to a person who had been isolated since July 3 because he had contact with the patient.
“The person did not have any symptoms, but after the isolation was completed, prophylactic examinations were performed and the disease was diagnosed before returning to work. 2 contact persons have been identified, ”reports NVSC.
Two cases were confirmed in Utena County. One is in Molėtai, the other in Zarasai district.
In Molėtai district, COVID-19 was detected in a person who had contact with a colleague who had previously been confirmed to have a coronavirus infection. It was found that 10 people were exposed in this case, and the epidemiological study continues. In the Zarasai district, COVID-19 was prescribed to a person who had contact with a patient with coronavirus infection.
“It was established that on July 13 and 14 the infected person attended courses in Medininkai, he was isolated since July 15. 11 people with contact were identified, ”says NVSC.
Two more cases have been identified in Kaunas County in the Kėdainiai District.
“People got sick after having contact with people who are already sick. One of these people had contact with a sick person in Kėdainiai who became infected from a sick family. The cases were confirmed yesterday in Kėdainiai. Another person was in contact with a person for whom COVID-19 was confirmed on July 17 in Panevėžys, ”the report reads.
In Panevėžys County, two cases have also been identified, the circumstances of which are still unclear.
The circumstances of the infection are unclear to the person who was diagnosed with the disease prior to the planned operation in Vilnius County. He had no symptoms. 3 contact persons have been identified and the epidemiological investigation is ongoing.
A total of 1,947 people were diagnosed with coronavirus in the last day, 254 people are still sick, 1,601 have recovered, and 81 people are isolated.
80 people died from COVID-19, and another 12 from coronavirus deaths died from other causes.
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