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On Tuesday, the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, Head of State-level Emergency Operations, Rolanda Lingienė, Head of the Vilnius Department of the National Center for Public Health, and Ignas Rubikas, Head of the Department of Mental Health of the Department of Public Health of the Ministry of Health, will present the latest information on the management of the coronavirus at a press conference.
Watch the conference here:
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The minister assured that the figures show that the situation is deteriorating due to the spread of the virus, but the fact that the situation is under control allows us to say that we live relaxed, perhaps even too much, but the health system works, provides planned services .
“We function as we would in the absence of a virus. (…) We don’t see any exponential growth yet, but of course growth can turn exponential at any time, “he said.
According to A. Veryga, scheduled services would be suspended if 70% were reached. reservation of bed occupancy for coronavirus patients.
After the weekend, 17 municipalities have already become risk municipalities and the COVID-19 investigation will intensify.
According to A. Veryga, the number of sick people in the detected area is constantly monitored, the tests are increased there, and if it is noticed that there is spread, the NVSC provides recommendations to the municipalities there.
“The situation in Raseiniai was special, I had to announce the local quarantine,” said A.Veryga.
The minister assured that the NVSC had already submitted recommendations to the municipalities of Kelmė and Plungė. According to the minister, the quarantine in Raseiniai may last two weeks.
According to R. Lingienė, the coronavirus focus in Raseiniai is gradually fading and people have become more active in research. About 900 more people have received invitations to explore.
Meanwhile, in Kelmė, the fireplace starts to burn stronger. Until October 11. 71 cases have already been registered. Most of the cases are related to Kelmė Dairy and Kelmė Hospital. The Lioliai welfare home is also worrying.
“We call on the Kelmė Emergency Situations Commission to take active action,” said R. Lienienė.
According to R. Lingienė, the municipality is urged to open a mobile research point, cancel events, introduce distance learning and work.
Currently, according to the NVSC representative, 293 doctors are sick in Lithuania.
The coronavirus has reached 179 educational institutions, and thirty educational institutions have registered the internal spread of the virus.
The Minister of Health also announced that the rules on self-isolation are changing. The changes will exempt autonomous security guards, foreigners who come for humanitarian reasons from working journalists; they will need to be tested for the coronavirus. Not only foreigners and Lithuanians working abroad will be able to leave Lithuania, but also those who go to another country for health care reasons.
A.Veryga indicated Tuesday that the website helpasau.lt has been updated, where services related to emotional support can be obtained.
R. Lingienė stated that two chimneys in health care institutions in Kaunas are concerning.
In addition, another outbreak was registered in the Birštonas “Tulpė” sanatorium, where the coronavirus was detected in a doctor and a patient.
118 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania per day, the total number is 6366, three people died, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday.
There are still 3,386 people, 2,842 are considered to have recovered.
The number of deaths from coronavirus is reported to be 106, three more than the day before.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 due to other causes also increased by ten, to 32. R. Lingienė assured that data was received on about ten new deaths from the Šiauliai region, not all died in one day, but the data was received on Monday.
There are currently 34,000 in isolation. 624 people.
149 patients are being treated in hospitals for coronavirus, said Rolanda Lingienė, a spokeswoman for the National Center for Public Health, on Tuesday.
According to her, 22 patients are in resuscitation rooms, 80 are receiving oxygen therapy and 10 are undergoing artificial lung ventilation.
The remaining 123 are treated in the hospital.
As of June 1, 321 import cases had been registered in Lithuania.
On the last day, 7,266 samples of suspected coronavirus were analyzed, and a total of 852 thousand eight tests have been carried out since the start of the pandemic.
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