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See the press conference of A.Veryga and Daiva Razmuvienė, Chief Specialist of the Communicable Disease Management Division of the National Center for Public Health, here:
According to D.Razmuvienė, the coronavirus has already reached 15 educational institutions: 2 kindergartens and 13 schools. There are a total of 228 students who need to be isolated after contact in educational institutions in the country. There are 14 students and two kindergartens. Isolated 18 kindergarten workers.
According to the latest data, two students from the John Paul II Gymnasium in Kaunas, who visited the school on September 4, were infected with the virus. 54 classmates have been isolated, teacher isolation is being addressed.
In Lithuania, a total of 203 cases were diagnosed during the first week of September, while 64 cases were recorded in the first week of August.
“It just came to our attention then. Yes, these are schools, educational institutions. We simply should not panic at the present time, – said the epidemiologist.” I am not saying that it is a normal process, but it is acceptable.
D.Razmuvienė assured that distance education does not really need to be introduced en masse, and some schools voluntarily apply coeducation.
According to the epidemiologist, currently 14 school-age children have coronavirus, all of whom are being treated on an outpatient basis.
A.Veryga announced Tuesday that it had revised recommendations for schools regarding feeding children. They emphasize that children need hot food.
In addition, the minister asked municipalities to withdraw rapid coronavirus tests for teaching research.
“The sooner it is better to take these tests and see the situation before the school year, so we can see the dynamics later,” he explained.
The minister warned that if the recommendations continue to be ignored, the municipalities that have not withdrawn the evidence will be made public.
The minister assured that talking about hot food for students when the virus is already spreading in educational institutions is appropriate, because it is important to take care that children do not contract other diseases as well.
The Minister does not intend to propose new recommendations for schools.
R.Veryga does not intend to provide new recommendations for personal celebrations, where the number of cases of infection has also recently increased.
“The private space was also not blown up during the quarantine,” he said. About the new restrictions are only considered for bars.
The minister himself spoke hoarsely at a press conference on Tuesday, but said he did not feel any symptoms of a cold and would not investigate the coronavirus himself.
A.Veryga explained that her voice was changing due to constant speech.
According to D.Razmuvienė, 40 people are being treated in hospitals on Tuesday, 3 of them in resuscitation, one is covered with artificial lung ventilation and 14 people are wearing oxygen masks.
According to the minister, the virus is not spreading exponentially and the increasing number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals is a good sign.
However, the minister called not to forget to wear a mask, to keep your distance, to avoid unnecessary contacts.
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Last day 32 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania, the total number is 3,131, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Today, 1,038 people are still infected with coronavirus and have recovered in 1994.
A total of 86 people died from COVID-19 and 13 people died from other causes.
There are 6706 people in isolation.
As of June 1, 212 import cases had been detected in Lithuania.
During the last day 4367 samples were analyzed in laboratories, so far a total of 671 thousand samples have been analyzed. 297 samples.
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