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As of Monday, November 2, according to the beginning of the new traffic light, thirteen more municipalities in the country are assigned to the COVID-19 red zone: Prienai district, Rietavas, Šalčininkai district, Šiauliai city, Šilutė district, district of Tauragė, Utena District, Varėna District, Kaunas District, Municipalities of Mažeikiai District, Molėtai District, Palanga District and Panevėžys.
Municipalities that have entered the red zone must not only follow the recommendations and instructions of specialists, but can also decide on the announcement of the local quarantine.
[infogram id=”052d5983-d74f-4ffd-ad75-93e53566970e” prefix=”BJK” format=”interactive” title=”10-30: COVID-19 koronavirusas lietuvos žemėlapis savivaldybės šviesoforas”]SAM reports that decisions on the announcement of quarantine in specific municipalities are made on Wednesdays at the Government meeting. So whether quarantine will be introduced in these municipalities will be decided next week.
Currently, 34 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone, 21 in the yellow zone and 5 in the green zone.
Local quarantines have already been announced in 21 municipalities: Elektrėnai, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kelmė district, Klaipėda district, Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Skuodas district, Šiauliai district, Švenčionys district, Kaunas city, Klaiplda city,, Širvintos district, Telšiai district, Trakai district, Vilnius city, Vilnius district and Raseiniai district municipalities.
In accordance with the recommendations of international organizations, the country’s municipalities are divided into three zones according to epidemiological indicators: yellow, green, and red.
The green zone means that the risk of coronavirus in participating municipalities is low, and no additional restrictions are required for municipalities that meet this criterion. The green zone includes municipalities with a morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and a proportion of positive tests per week of less than 4%.
The yellow zone means that municipalities within it must be prepared and responsibly follow the recommendations of public health experts to control the further spread of the coronavirus. The yellow zone includes municipalities where morbidity does not exceed 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the proportion of positive tests is equal to or greater than 4%, or the incidence is 25-150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the proportion of positive tests is less than 4%.
The red zone includes those municipalities where the incidence exceeds 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the proportion of positive tests is 4% or more and the proportion of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30% or more per week, or those with an incidence greater than The proportion of 150 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30% or more per week, that is, at least 10 cases per week must be registered in the municipality.
Municipalities are evaluated according to three criteria: a morbidity rate of 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants, the percentage of positive tests among all tests carried out within 7 days, and the percentage of cases not related to outbreaks or foci within 7 days. .
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