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As the situation continues to rapidly deteriorate, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has hinted that it will be necessary to expand the number of COVID-19 patients while limiting other planned treatment services.
Ms Veryga spoke at a press conference on Friday about what additional actions are planned, and Daiva Razmuvienė, chief specialist in the Communicable Disease Management Unit of the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), commented more widely on the cases. recent coronavirus outbreaks and discussed the most concerning outbreaks.
A. Veryga did not hide: “Most of the large municipalities can be included in that list of red municipalities as of Monday.”
According to the minister, Vilnius should be included in the list of red municipalities.
The municipalities that appear in the red list must publish the local quarantine.
“Of course, this will not happen automatically, that decision will have to be made by the Government,” said the head of SAM.
“It is likely that the conditions are the same as in the 12 municipalities where the local quarantine has already been announced,” said the minister, who explained that a new list of dangerous municipalities must be circulated on Friday afternoon to decide where to introduce local quarantine. .
When traveling from such municipalities, there are certain restrictions on public transport: passengers must disembark at a distance of 1 meter and standing passengers must not be transported. There is also the obligation to wear a mask in public places, if the responsibility is not observed is the person and not the institution. It is forbidden to meet in these municipalities for groups of more than 5 people, except family members. A distance of 2 meters must be maintained between these groups. The visit of patients is prohibited, except in terminal conditions, as well as children and mothers. Religious communities are advised not to organize religious rites.
It is true that A. Veryga does not believe that the activities of sports clubs should be restricted in the municipalities where the local quarantine will be announced.
“For sports clubs <...> where local quarantine comes into effect, there are requirements of at least 10 square meters per visitor or recipient of the service, but there is no universal prohibition on the impossibility of providing said service ”, explained the Minister.
Overclocked at 60 percent. bed occupancy for COVID-19 patients
According to A. Veryga, of the 17 thousand hospital beds in hospitals, a total of about 10 thousand are currently occupied, and 650 resuscitation beds are occupied about 370. Of the beds that have oxygen devices, about 1.9 one thousand out of more than 6 thousand are employed.
“In general, if we talk about infectious patients, the beds for COVID-19 patients, where we have exceeded 60%. job. We have just over 400 of these beds and the institutions have provided a number that could expand that number in the near future by adding another 260 beds. In the regions, if there is such a need, there are still around 550 beds that could be used to treat COVID-19 patients, ”the minister said.
At a press conference, the journalists asked the minister in which case temporary hospitals would be built.
“In fact, so far this is a theoretical opportunity to use additional infrastructure. Let’s not forget that we have those infrastructures that do not need to be built, we have sanatoriums, those institutions that are not used for active treatment, they must be used first of all without attacking to build something. especially in such weather conditions. And one more thing I would like to remind you: the main problem is not finding a bed and building it somewhere. The bed and the outdoor building will not cure patients. That building needs drugs, oxygen , artificial lung ventilation. Let us understand that we will not multiply the doctors. In the spring, why there was talk of additional infrastructures, because there was a different approach to the virus. At that time, all patients with coronavirus were hospitalized, “said A. Veryga.
There are more and more untraceable cases
According to epidemiologist D. Razmuvienė, at this time it would be difficult to distinguish where the virus spreads the most: “it spreads everywhere, in companies, organizations, treatments, educational institutions and places of leisure. So far, no cases have been recorded in the groups of artists and choirs. Now there are 2, in Vilnius and Kaunas. There is no longer one area to prevent 1 or 2 outbreaks, this is the case in all areas. “
Additionally, there are a growing number of untraceable coronavirus cases.
“At the beginning of September, there were up to 20% of those unknown, untraceable cases. Currently, 28 percent of those untraceable cases are. They are increasing every day. People may sometimes not want to say where they were involved, but they are among those that cannot be traced, ”said the epidemiologist.
Vaccines are a worrying state of mind
Also at a press conference, the minister said that there was an interview with the developers of the coronavirus vaccine.
“We met with representatives of the developers of the coronavirus and talked about some things that are very relevant. For the vaccine to be developed successfully and reach the country, a number of important questions need to be addressed: how the vaccine will get to the country and how will be distributed.
We also discuss the need to train additional specialists, here we are talking about pharmacists. We talk about informing the public, about the occasional and disturbing feelings about skepticism about vaccines themselves, and we will try to inform the public about the safety of vaccines. And we discussed some legal aspects that are important for people who decide to get vaccinated, ”said the head of the Ministry of Health (SAM).
4 import cases
NVSC reported that of the 442 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in Lithuania last day, 215 were recorded in the counties of Vilnius, 72 Kaunas, 45 Klaipėda, 41 Šiauliai, 25 Panevėžys, 24 Telšiai, 10 Marijampolė, 7 Tauragė and 3 Utena.
Epidemiological studies of 307 cases are currently being carried out. Following contact with people confirmed by coronavirus, epidemiologists estimate that 208 people were infected last day, based on currently available data. In addition, 4 import cases were recorded: 2 from Norway, 1 each from Russia and the Netherlands. At that time, the circumstances of the infection of 95 people are not clear, i. and Epidemiological studies have shown that people did not travel abroad and did not interact with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
In Vilnius – outbreaks in educational institutions
In Vilnius County, 4 cases are associated with an outbreak at the Ukmergė Primary Health Care Center. All people and employees.
In addition, on the last day, cases related to outbreaks were registered in educational institutions in Vilnius County. It is estimated that 5 cases are related to the outbreak in Vilnius Maironis Progymnasium, where basketball competitions were held, another 4 cases – in the Švenčionys Pabradė district gymnasium “Žeimena”. Another 4 cases, as determined during epidemiological studies, are related to the outbreak in Vilnius Martynas Mažvydas progymnasium, 3 – to the outbreak in the kindergarten “Žemyna”, 2 – to the capital’s basketball school, 1 – with the kindergarten “Gėlynas”.
Another 2 cases in Vilnius county are associated with the outbreak in the Belcanto choir, 1 – with the outbreak in the Vilija choir. Furthermore, 1 case registered in Vilnius County is considered to be related to cases in the Department of Prisons, another 1 to an outbreak in Regitra.
In addition, on the last day, 4 cases of coronavir were registered in relation to a family celebration held in one of the restaurants in the capital.
Coronavirus continues to spread in Kaunas clinics
3 cases in Kaunas county are related to the outbreak in Kėdainiai district municipality, 1 – to the outbreak in the Kaišiadorys social service center.
5 cases recorded during the previous day are related to outbreaks in the Kaunas clinics, another 2 – to an outbreak in the Vilkija Nursing and Support Hospital in Kaunas district, 1 – to an outbreak in the primary care center Vilkija Health Department. In addition, 2 cases of coronavirus were recorded in the staff of the Prienai hospital.
2 confirmed cases in Kaunas county during the last day are related to the outbreak at Vilkija agricultural school, 3 – are related to Kaunas Vaišvydava basic school, 2 – to Kaunas sports school “Baltų ainiai”, 2 – with Prienai district, Veiveriai district Tomas Žilinskas Gymnasium, 1 – with Garliava Jonučiai Progymnasium.
It is estimated that 3 other cases in Kaunas County are related to the construction department of the commercial city “Urmas”, 5 – with cases in the company “Degmeda”.
10 new cases were registered at Kelmė Hospital
In Šiauliai County, 10 cases are associated with an outbreak at Kelmė Hospital; the infection has been confirmed in 7 employees of the Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit, 1 employee of the Department of Nursing and Support and 2 employees of the hospital administration. The individuals were examined prophylactically.
Also in Šiauliai county, 4 cases of COVID-19 were recorded during the last day, which are related to the outbreak in the company “Frilux”.
In Klaipeda, the coronavirus is also spreading in medical institutions
5 cases in Klaipėda county are associated with the outbreak at Palanga Rehabilitation Hospital, 3 – with Klaip City Polyclinic, day, 1 – with Skuodas branch of Klaipėda Republican Hospital.
In addition, 4 cases registered in Klaipėda county, according to epidemiologists, are related to the outbreak in Lenkimai city of Skuodas district. Two other cases are related to the chimney of the Kartena multifunctional school-center.
A new chimney has also been registered with the Šilutė district municipality administration; here, the infection was confirmed in 2 employees during the last day.
In Marijampolė, new cases are in welfare homes
6 cases, confirmed on the last day in Panevėžys County, are related to the outbreak at Pasvalys Police Commissariat, 1 case – to the outbreak at the Republican Hospital Panevėžys Infectious Disease Clinic (patient).
3 cases in Telšiai county are associated with outbreaks at Baltic food partners, 1 case is associated with an outbreak at Klaipeda College.
In Marijampolė County, an estimated 2 coronavirus cases are related to the outbreak in Marijampolė special social care homes, people are residents. A total of 56 related cases were registered, of which 37 are residents and 19 employees.
Another case in Marijampolė county is associated with an outbreak at the Kazlų Rūda social support center.
In Tauragė County, one case of infection is associated with an outbreak in Brigadier Motiejus Pečiulionis’ artillery battalion.
In Lithuania, the 126th death from coronavirus
NVSC reports that last day the 126th case of death from COVID-19 was registered in Lithuania.
The deceased is a resident of Šiauliai County. The person belonged to the age group 80-89 and had comorbidities. The coronavirus was confirmed in one person on October 22. During the epidemiological diagnosis, the specialists could not determine the circumstances of the human infection.
In addition, last day 6 deaths were confirmed (5 in Šiauliai county and 1 in Telšiai counties), when those infected with coronavirus died from other causes.
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