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“Of the six cases confirmed yesterday, 3 were registered in Klaipėda County, one case is local and the other is related to Klaipėda Hospital for Nursing and Supportive Treatment, a family member of this hospital fell ill. The third case, as indicated in the information system, was commissioned by the Lithuanian Armed Forces, ”he said during a press conference.
The other three cases were identified in Vilnius County, one patient already discharged from the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital, another, an UAB Affidea employee.
Another person, based on primary data, is not involved in any outbreak.
Rolanda Lingiene
“Currently, the Vilnius City Clinical Hospital is the largest fireplace in the healthcare institution, the number of infected people continues to grow, 26 people are infected.
A new case from yesterday is a patient, today we received information about another case. A total of 15 patients are sick, all are patients of the Department of Internal Medicine or Reanimation “, – R. Lingienė.
Epidemiologists also discovered that relatives of six discharged individuals had been confirmed to have Covid-19 disease.
“It just came to our attention then. An employee of the Affidea clinic, who was also diagnosed with the disease, also works in the same buildings,” said an NVSC specialist.
Additionally, a hospital employee was found to be living in a bedroom on Pergalės Street, where a couple of cases of coronavirus had previously been identified. The employee is not ill, but due to the unfavorable epidemiological situation in this house, she is still not going to work.
At the same time, he reported that it turned out that the untraceable case identified yesterday, which was alarming, was still significant.
“The person registered yesterday in Kaunas is still related to the trip, it is related to the trip of three people from Sweden to Ventspils and the trip to Kaunas by car,” he said.
Ms. Lingienė emphasized that the risk to public transport passengers due to this coronavirus case was assessed as extremely low and not of concern.
The NVSC representative also reported that there are currently 83 people in the hospital: “9 of them are in resuscitation, 4 are undergoing artificial pulmonary ventilation, 26 are undergoing oxygen therapy.”
According to the latest data, six new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania per day, the total number increased to 1511.
Currently, 517 people still suffer from coronavirus and 934 are considered healthy. There are currently 260 people in isolation.
54 people died of coronavirus, and six people infected with coronavirus died of other causes.
7989 samples were analyzed in the country’s laboratories per day, the total number of samples analyzed reaches 208 thousand. 253.
Key information about coronavirus
Coronavirus is a virus with a new structure that has never caused human infections before. Its main symptoms are similar to those of the flu: fever, cough, shortness of breath and other respiratory problems. In more severe cases, coronaviruses cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, or death.
There is no specific treatment for the new coronavirus infection, only symptomatic treatment. Patients can be completely cured, depending on their condition and when treatment is started.
To avoid coronavirus, it is recommended to follow the general rules of hygiene: wash your hands with warm soapy water, disinfect your hands, sneeze and label the cough, ventilate the facilities at least 2-3 times a day, clean daily the surfaces of frequent use in the room (for example, night clubs). tables, bed frames and other bedroom furniture), wear protective equipment, avoid meetings, stay at least 2 meters away from other people.
In case of suspected coronavirus, the following are considered:
1) a person with an acute respiratory infection (sudden onset of at least one of the following symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath) and has traveled or lived in areas where COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) is occurring or spreading in the community during the 14 days prior to the onset of symptoms;
2) a person with symptoms of an acute respiratory infection and who has been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) during the 14 days prior to the onset of symptoms;
3) a person with a severe acute respiratory infection (fever and at least one symptom of respiratory illness: cough, shortness of breath) and who requires hospitalization and no other etiologic cause has been identified to explain these symptoms.
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