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Seven new cases are linked to the sewing company Interscalit, for a total of 28 COVID-19 cases already linked to this outbreak. Six new cases have been registered in Comco. NVSC reports that the company’s activities have been suspended. Based on currently available data, no links have been established between the confirmed cases at the two sewing companies.
Three new cases in Tauragė county are associated with the outbreak in the Kęstutis battalion. According to the latest data from NVSC, a total of 41 COVID-19 cases are associated with this approach.
In Vilnius county, Švenčionys district, another case involving the Intersurgical company has been confirmed. An estimated 48 cases are now associated with this outbreak.
In addition, 13 other people became infected after contact with previously confirmed cases. Two of them were registered in two schools in Vilnius: Martynas Mažvydas and Gabija progymnasium. In one case, 37 people with high-risk exposure were identified, in another, 38 people with high-risk exposure.
Public health specialists reported these illnesses Thursday.
According to the NVSC, it is not yet known how 12 people were infected.
Two import cases were also confirmed last day.
One import case was confirmed in Klaipėda county for a person who came to Lithuania from Ukraine, the second was registered in Telšiai county. COVID-19 has been approved for a person who has returned to Lithuania from France.
A total of 3,243 cases of COVID-19 disease have been confirmed in Lithuania, 1,095 people are still ill and 2,049 have recovered.
A population study on COVID-19 involved 3,000 people
The population study for coronavirus transmission involved half of the expected people: 3,000, says the researcher who conducted the study.
“It just came to our notice then. We examined a total of 3000 patients throughout this study. 87 people,” Mindaugas Stankūnas, a professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU), told LRT radio on Friday. in the morning.
Invitations were sent to 13,000. people, plan to study 6.5 thousand.
“Half less than planned at the beginning of the study,” said the professor.
However, according to him, the analysis of the data will be done qualitatively, there should be no deficiencies due to less activity.
Preliminary data from the investigation has yet to be revealed, but according to M. Stankūnas, it can be said that less than 3 percent of the population in Lithuania had coronavirus.
“When the study began, we, the researchers involved in this study, we tried to consider what the prevalence might be, how many people might be sick, then we forecast that the number should not reach 3 percent. populations. (…) I can reveal that we did not really exceed that 3 percent in any of those districts, ”he said.
“This means actually less than 3 percent of the population in Lithuania,” added the LSMU professor.
The most active were the residents of the Ukmergė and Tauragė districts. Klaipeda residents were the least active.
Serological tests for COVID-19 were performed on invited volunteers in a population study. They show antibodies formed in the body. These studies look at human blood.
The investigation began on August 10. Samples were taken from the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and the districts of Ukmergė, Tauragė and Zarasai.
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