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A doctor from the National Public Health Center (NVSC) warned that the virus had unfortunately returned to nursing homes and social care.
“Yesterday a new case was registered at the Kaunas University Hospital. Also in the Blinstrubiškės and Kelmė welfare homes located in Raseiniai. A new case was registered in the Marijampolė Special Home for Social Attention, measures were taken to carry out tests in all the wards, almost 40 people, ”said the epidemiologist.
At the same time, he recalled that since the start of the pandemic, almost 800 registered doctors diagnosed with COVID-19 are currently more than 300.
The greatest anxiety is leisure activities.
Returning to the situation in Vilnius, where 111 cases were detected only yesterday, D. Razmuvienė emphasized that the virus spreads more here in various entertainment venues.
“The age of the patients is currently up to 45 years, which is an active social group, starting with schoolchildren and students. Knowing the situation in Vilnius yesterday, there are three main access points: dance studios, where 71 cases are recorded today, and it was dance studios that were contacted in September to be subject to certain restrictions. However, they were not taken into account.
Now it is from the dance studios that it has spread to other institutions, educational institutions, other services, where family members have been infected, secondary and tertiary cases of infection are registered ”, commented D. Razmuvienė.
The epidemiologist highlighted that 40 cases related to group sports training were registered, in addition, the virus is transferred from sports clubs to other sports clubs.
Strict measures in bars in Europe
According to D. Razmuvienė, the spread in bars is happening and it is no secret.
“The age group that is sick is now visiting. At present, 6 sick people are known to be related to a bar in the old town, and three more relatives visited another bar in the old town of the capital.
It’s no secret that bars are a closed space, people here no one follows distances or non-specific basic measurements. And explaining to the sick, there are already 14 bars that have visited today. It is not yet clear how many people can get sick, but those trips to bars and nightclubs are very extensive, ”said D. Razmuvienė.
He noted that other countries have already introduced strict measures in response to this situation.
“The Germans themselves have introduced rules such that bars and restaurants must be closed on Saturdays, working only until 11 pm And those rules are extended until the end of October. If it is seen that that spread and the number of cases will not be recorded less , they will take the rule that the bars will not be open.
Frankfurt also prohibits the sale of alcohol at night, in Scotland restaurants are prohibited from selling alcohol indoors for 16 days and must close at 6 pm, except for hotel restaurants. The United States also has similar restrictions, “he said.
So, he emphasized, this is definitely not a place where the virus does not spread and I really urge municipalities to make timely decisions, not to wait for the number of cases to start increasing.
“People bring the virus, young people do not use the media, they are asymptomatic, they consume alcohol, which allows it to spread in any closed space,” said the NVSC epidemiologist.
255 new cases
On Thursday 255 new cases of COVID-19 were approved, only 111 of them were registered in Vilnius. Kristina Garuolienė, Deputy Minister of Health, and Loreta Ašoklienė, Head of the Health Promotion Division of the Ministry of Health, provide the latest information on coronavirus control measures.
The National Center of Public Health (NVSC) reports that 255 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania last day. 111 of them were registered in Vilnius counties, 58 Šiauliai, 39 Kaunas, 28 Klaipėda, 7 Panevėžys, 5 Marijampolė, 4 Telšiai and 3 Alytus.
After contact with people confirmed by coronavirus, epidemiologists estimated that 169 people were infected. In addition, 9 import cases were recorded during the last day, of which 4 from Ukraine and 1 each from Germany, Belgium, Poland, Norway and France. At that time, specialists were unable to identify the circumstances of the infection in 77 people.
107 cases are associated with outbreaks
On the last day, cases related to chimneys were registered in educational institutions in Vilnius County: 9 cases are related to the Vilnius “Žemyna” kindergarten, 6 – to the Jonas Basanavičius gymnasium in Vilnius, 2 – to the Progymnasium Martynas Mažvydas from Vilnius, and it is estimated that 2 cases are related to the Rudamina “Rytas” gym in the Vilnius district. Another 3 cases are related to the outbreak at the Švenčionėliai King Mindaugas gymnasium in Švenčionėliai district, as well as 3 cases at the Pabradė “Žeimena” gymnasium in Švenčionys district.
Another 4 new cases of coronovirus in Vilnius county are associated with the outbreak at the Foreigners Registration Center in Pabradė, 3 cases are associated with the outbreak in the SOS Children’s Village in Vilnius and 4 cases are related to the outbreak in the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
1 new case of coronavirus infection is associated with the “Sanatorija” bar in Vilnius Old Town, as well as 1 more case, with the “Bardakas” bar. In addition, during the evaluation of the routes of the infected people during the last day, it can be seen that the people visited various places of free time – bars, cafes, clubs.
3 cases in Kaunas County are related to the Department of Cardiology at LSMU Kaunas Hospital, 4 – to Blinstrubiškės welfare residences located in Raseiniai district (3 wards and 1 employee), 2 more cases are related to dead bodies held in the Ringaudai armory (Tabariškės funeral home). Furthermore, 2 cases in Kaunas County are estimated to be related to the outbreak in the Vaižgantas progymnasium of Kaunas University of Technology.
Yesterday, 7 cases of coronavirus were recorded in Lioliai welfare home located in Kelmė district (Šiauliai county), people were prophylactically examined (a total of 13 cases were recorded: 12 wards and 1 employee) . 9 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the Joniškis Social Services Center, and cases related to the Joniškis Saulės Basic School Day Employment Center are still registered: 2 related cases were registered last day, as well as 3 cases of Joniškis GMP-related infection were confirmed.
In Klaipėda county, 2 cases are related to the outbreak at the Klaipėda Vydūnas gymnasium, 2 cases are related to the Kartena branch of the Kretinga Cultural Center.
In Telšiai county, 3 cases of infection are associated with the choir rehearsal, which took place on October 6.
In Panevėžys County, 1 case related to the outbreak was registered at the Pasvalys Police Station, as well as 1 case related to the outbreak at the Antanas Gudaitis Aviation Faculty of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
In Alytus County, Case 1 is associated with an outbreak in Druskininkai Township, Marijampolė County, with an outbreak in Marijampolė Special Social Care Homes. NVSC reports that yesterday’s tests were performed on 39 residents of these houses, test results are awaited.
The circumstances of the infection in 77 people are unclear.
Currently, epidemiologists have not yet been able to determine how 77 people were infected. 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 can still change if links are found between individual cases.
In Lithuania, the 110th death from coronavirus
NVSC reports that information about the death from coronavirus was received last day from the Kaunas Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. Currently, the infection has claimed 110 lives.
The person is a resident of Tauragė County. The person belonged to the age group 90-99, had chronic diseases. The coronavirus was confirmed in one person on October 11. During the epidemiological diagnosis of the outbreak, specialists were unable to determine how the person was infected.
NVSC reports that a total of 6,760 cases of COVID-19 disease have been confirmed in Lithuania, 3,635 people are still ill, 2,983 have recovered.
For their part, public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance and more. .
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