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The population study for the transmission of the coronavirus was half of what was planned in 3,000. According to the researcher, the last test was carried out yesterday in Vilnius, the answers were received around eight thirty at night.
Most of them fell ill in Kaunas
Scientists from the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences and Vilnius University presented the first results of the population survey on Friday and revealed that, according to tests carried out in six municipalities, the coronavirus (COVID-19) had increased from 1 , 3 to 2.8 percent. population.
The population tests with rapid serological tests in the municipalities of the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the districts of Ukmergė, Tauragė and Zarasai lasted two months, starting on July 10. until September 10. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of the population with coronavirus infection in Lithuania based on data from specific antibody tests.
Invitations to investigate were sent by email to nearly 22,000. population over 18 years of age. Just over 3,000 people agreed to participate in the study. persons.
Preliminary results of the study show significant territorial inequalities in COVID-19 seropositivity: the percentage of the seropositive population ranged from 1.31 in Vilnius to 2.83 in Kaunas. Two-thirds of the HIV-positive subjects did not experience specific COVID-19 symptoms.
An analysis of the population that received positive test scores found that:
a) 34.5 percent. suffer from one or more chronic diseases;
b) 3.4 percent. you are currently experiencing specific coronavirus symptoms;
c) 31.8 percent. from March 1. experienced at least one coronavirus symptom on the date of the study;
d) 25.9 percent. had previously been tested for coronavirus infection and almost half (40.0%) of those (who had already been tested) were positive;
e) 13.8 percent. have people in your environment who have been diagnosed with this infection.
Results vary from country to country
Mr. Stankūnas emphasized that efforts will be made to provide more information in the near future, adding that such research is also taking place in other countries.
“There are not so many results published in journals, but if we look at reports, unreviewed articles, these are examples. In Spain, the national average is 5%, but there are big differences between the country, with a small percentage of 10% and 10% in Madrid. If we take Finland, it is an older study that the figures range from 1.5 to almost 3 percent.
A seroepidemiological study was also carried out in Estonia, using a slightly different methodology, compared to 1.4% in Tallinn and 6% in a city on the Saaremaa Islands, ”he said.
According to the Minister of Health, Aurelius Veryga, the ideal would be to repeat the study in the future, since it would be possible to evaluate what is happening with the second wave that we are currently experiencing.
“It would be possible to compare how something changed, how many people got sick during the quarantine, during the first wave. Now we have a softer regulation, which is very interesting from a scientific point of view, “he said.
44 new cases
The National Center for Public Health (NVSC) reports that 44 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania last day.
14 of them were registered in Vilnius and Šiauliai counties, 5 in Telšiai, 4 in Klaipėda, 3 in Tauragė. 1 more case is confirmed in Kaunas, Panevėžys and Alytus counties.
There were also 2 cases of importation. One of them was confirmed yesterday in Klaipeda county for a person who came to Lithuania from Ukraine.
The second import case was registered in Telšiai county. COVID-19 has been approved for a person who has returned to Lithuania from France.
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