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The press conference attended by the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, Chief of State-Level Emergency Operations, and Daiva Razmuvienė, Chief Specialist of the Infectious Disease Management Division of the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), was you can see here:
A.Veryga assured that solutions are being sought to allocate additional funds to NVSC doctors and employees, even without announcing the quarantine. it is also considering who could help the NVSC epidemiologists.
Over the weekend, the NVSC announced that there are only 8 epidemiologists working in Vilnius, and one of them can conduct 4 epidemiological studies in one day.
“One of the measures is to provide additional funds,” said the minister.
According to A.Veryga, 57 percent are already occupied. hospital beds for coronavirus patients, so it is planned to reduce the response time for other diseases and free COVID-19 beds for patients.
At present, 401 beds have been prepared for COVID-19 patients in Lithuania.
“When those main battlefields are full, the main institutions are already discussing where the flows can be redistributed,” explained A. Veryga. According to him, it is difficult to say to what extent this will complicate the provision of scheduled services.
According to him, it is unclear how many beds will be available for COVID-19 patients and how many are needed.
The minister also announced that the quarantine in Raseiniai could be extended.
From now on, municipalities will be divided into four colors based on COVID-19 morbidity indicators. The restrictions will also depend on this.
During All Souls’ Day, Polish citizens will be able to come to Lithuania without self-isolation, and Lithuanian citizens will be able to go to Poland to visit the graves of their families.
D.Razmuvienė assured that currently the problem is again family chimneys, from where the virus spreads to workplaces and educational institutions. On the last Sunday, a quarter of all new cases were registered. In total, the coronavirus has reached 250 educational institutions since the beginning of September.
However, A.Veryga doubted that it was necessary to tighten the procedures in schools when organizing education. According to him, the situation is more difficult in circles, organizing extracurricular activities. New restrictions may also apply to these activities.
“Perhaps it is possible to have a two-week vacation,” commented A. Veryga, speaking of schools, but stressed that there are still no solutions.
The spread of the virus in hospitals is also a problem.
Asked whether the measures provided by the Vilnius municipality for bars and entertainment activities would be sufficient, A.Veryga assured that it would be necessary to see if the virus would spread in Vilnius and the Vilnius district.
“But I am very skeptical that the drunk company will follow the security measures,” he said, hoping that the municipality itself will control the implementation of its agreements.
Three more people died
Three more people died of the coronavirus on Monday, one of them a resident of the Blinstrubiškės nursing home belonging to the 60-70 age group. The second – from 70 to 80 years also with chronic diseases. He was treated at the Department of Cardiology at Kaunas Hospital. The third deceased also belonged to the age group of 70 to 80 years, had chronic diseases and was infected with COVID-19 in the immediate vicinity.
205 new coronavirus cases were detected in Lithuania per day, the total number is 7,726, the Health Ministry announced on Monday.
There are still 4,468 people who are considered recovered, 3,110.
113 people have died since COVID-19, and another 35 have died from other causes.
The isolation currently contains 32 thousand. 220 people.
As of June 1, 352 import cases had been registered in Lithuania.
3253 samples were analyzed per day for suspected coronavirus, a total of 893 thousand samples were analyzed since the start of the pandemic. 14 samples.
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