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“The possibilities of applying distance education to students in grades 5 to 12 for two weeks are being considered, and it is also considering whether specific measures should be taken due to certain restrictions on non-formal education,” he said Tuesday. to BNS the Deputy Mayor of Šiauliai, Domas Griškevičius.
According to him, these issues will be discussed at a meeting of the Commission on Emergency Situations on Wednesday.
D. Griškevičius also stated that the municipality has been restricting the issuance of permits for some events for some time.
“With regard to public events, there is still no solution to restrict them in the city, but with regard to the municipality, when requesting events, for example, a permit was requested for the fair, knowing that the restrictions are they are considering at the national level since “We do not issue permits for this type of event in early October,” said the deputy mayor.
He added that the situation is currently being monitored and controlled and that, if it changes, appropriate decisions must be made.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced Monday after the government’s COVID-19 steering committee meeting that in response to the recent surge in the spread of the coronavirus in the country, it is planning to stop holding massive events such as city or city festivals. harvest from October 1.
Consideration is being given to the possibility of two weeks of distance education for students in grades 5-12, as well as the need for specific measures due to certain limitations in non-formal education.
According to D. Griškevičius, in Šiauliai most of the cases are related to two sewing companies operating in the city.
According to the National Center for Public Health, a total of 31 Interscalit employees and 19 related individuals were confirmed to have coronavirus. At the nearby Comco company, eight workers and one person were diagnosed with COVID-19.
During the last day in Šiauliai, the infection was confirmed to two employees of the ambulance station (GMP), an employee of the Republican Hospital Šiauliai and a patient, as well as an employee of the warehouse of the industrial goods store “Senukai”.
As NVSC representative Justina Petravičienė told BNS, the circumstances of the infection of the first GMP station employee are still unclear.
“The second employee became infected after contact with a sick colleague. After contact with these GMP employees, the doctor from the Republican Hospital Šiauliai also became infected.” The patient’s infection at this medical institution is not related to the above-mentioned cases ; the circumstances of his infection are not yet known, “he said.
“An employee of the company” Senukai “became infected after contact with a sick colleague,” added a representative of the NVSC.
According to D. Griškevičius, the institutions themselves are currently taking preventive measures.
“The institutions themselves have additional measures in place, including the separation of departments and staff investigations on the coronavirus. (…) The situation will become clear in the coming days, if the chimneys have been expanded,” said the lieutenant of mayor.
Since the beginning of September, public health specialists have detected a total of 118 cases of coronavirus in Šiauliai.
In Lithuania, a total of 3,859 cases of the COVID-19 disease have been confirmed, 1,529 people are still ill and 2,225 have recovered.
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