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The Minister of Health A. Veryga recalled that not only is the incidence rate monitored daily, the number of cases is 100,000. population in the last two weeks.
“Every morning we monitor and get data on how many beds are occupied in hospitals, how many patients we have with COVID-19 who need oxygen therapy, artificial lung ventilation, and how many of those so-called COVID-19 beds are occupied.
So if 75% was achieved. these so-called COVID-19 beds, this would be a pretext for a very serious concern and review of the processes in the treatment facilities. Today, the situation is deteriorating in recent weeks in terms of dynamics, but it is still stable enough, “he said.
The number of critically ill patients is increasing
Currently, 118 people are being treated for coronavirus in the country’s hospitals, seven of them in resuscitation and intensive care units. Artificial lung ventilation is applied to three people, 35 people are treated with oxygen masks.
The Minister reported that in addition to increasing the scope of testing of employees of personal health care institutions, a general description of the procedure for visiting patients was also prepared:
“Complaints have been received about the procedures for visiting patients in the inpatient wards of personal health care institutions.”
Municipalities are free to impose many restrictions.
At the same time, A. Veryga recalled the application of infection control measures in municipalities.
“Almost every day we receive lamentations from the representatives of the municipality that the ministry does not take the initiative to announce the quarantine. I want to remind the municipalities that they have enough room for maneuver.
And even without the announcement of the quarantine, the municipalities can ban events in their territory, introduce teleworking and education, restrict the flow of visitors in cafes, shops, companies, institutions, organizations and other public places ”, said the minister .
He highlighted that some municipalities use it.
He also added that in places where it is not possible to guarantee compliance with distances, municipalities can take additional measures, to limit the working hours of nightclubs and the like.
“Municipalities can also make decisions that restrict the travel of residents, the movement of vehicles in the infected area,” said A. Veryga.
He stressed that the ministry recommends that the measures be applied taking into account the total morbidity rate at 14 days of 100 thousand. population.
Also respond to cases whose spread cannot be traced to how many patients are treated in medical facilities.
105 new cases were reported
The National Public Health Center (NVSC) reports that 105 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania last day. Of these, 44 were registered in Kaunas, 29 in Šiauliai, 28 in Vilnius, 3 in Panevėžys and 1 in Klaipėda counties.
One death was recorded in Vilnius. The person was at risk due to age.
During yesterday, 3 import cases from Germany were approved in Šiauliai County, Kaunas County in Russia and Vilnius County in the UK.
So far, 16 people with a coronavirus infection confirmed yesterday have not been able to identify where they may have contracted the infection. Epidemiological studies have shown that people did not travel abroad and did not interact with confirmed cases of COVID-19. Specialists examine the routes of these infections, so the statistics may still change if links are found between individual cases.
After contact, but not in the foci, epidemiologists estimate that 43 people were infected, but the cases, based on currently available data, are not classified as foci of infection.
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