Veryga revealed her invisible side to the public: “You would find me at home with oily hands”

When the quarantine was not introduced for the second time in the country, the TV3 television program “Virtuvės istorijos” had an extraordinary opportunity to invite the Minister of Health Aurelijus Verygas and the Head of the Vilnius Department of the National Center for Public Health Rolandas Lingienė to a culinary duel, which will be seen this Saturday.

Since both guests on the show are supporters of a healthy lifestyle, the hosts prepared for them two recipes of one of the healthiest meats: “Feel The Beef” naturally aged beef. The spells will determine that the Minister, together with Ilona Juciūte-Čibirkienė, will produce a variety of land and shellfish, and Rolanda, with the help of Sri Lankan Dilanas Dampella Gamage, will roast a beef tenderloin with mushroom sauce. However, before hiring, Ilona will serve guests a delicious coffee prepared with a modern Melitta coffee maker.

“There is nothing to worry about here, I always sign up for challenges,” said the minister, accepting the glove of culinary duel thrown by the hosts.

Probably no one thought that this year 2020 would be so special that it would go down in the history of the whole world. The spring pandemic of the COVID-19 virus is not yet receding and represents a great challenge not only for the medical world, but also for the politicians who rule the country. They are the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, and the epidemiologist, Rolanda Lingienė, head of the Vilnius department of the National Center for Public Health, who are the people closest to all decisions in the management of the coronavirus situation.

“If we want to have fun, celebrate, travel and live as we used to, we will have to get vaccinated. It is precisely this specific measure that allows us to control the disease”, Minister A. Veryga will speak on the program.

However, no matter how hard scientists try to develop effective vaccines to fight the COVID-19 virus, this process will inevitably take time. In line with the growing number of cases, the government has introduced a quarantine regime in about a third of the country’s municipalities since October 28.

“The main means of protection is the refusal to go to work, school, university, if we only feel some of the first symptoms, such as a cold. And if we feel healthy

remember to wash your hands frequently and wear protective masks. These simple measures allow you to control the infection ”, says Rolanda Lingienė in the program.

Throughout this difficult period, the Minister of Health has been almost the most visible person in the press and the media. Perhaps her profession as a psychiatrist allowed Aurelia Veryga to remain calm and rational when making difficult but very important decisions about the management of the coronavirus, but at home the minister is a simple family man with earthly interests.

“I really like building something, so at home you often find me with a greasy hand repairing a bicycle. And this summer I had a special experience: I spent a week in the barracks in uniform and I enjoyed not having to make any decisions. Everything. the world needs to find a way to “turn off” its head or “change” its thoughts, because it is vital and it would be extremely difficult to bear stress without resting “, will open A. Veryga in the program.

Faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists also faced a significant challenge. Artūras Anužis, a TV3 news journalist who came to assess the culinary skills of Minister of Health A. Veryga and epidemiologist R. Lingienė, will say that the first wave of the virus required not only difficult working conditions, but also sleepless nights.

“In the first place, it is necessary to ensure the safety of the team, because if only one colleague gets sick, everyone would have to isolate themselves, and after all, they will not withdraw their knowledge, they have to show it. It is also difficult to select all the important information, especially when at first everyone was involved in a kind of hysteria, we worked from morning to night, but now everything is a little easier, ”says A. Anužis.

How the Minister will triumph in the culinary duel, what is important to know to protect ourselves and others during this difficult period, and who, Aurelijus Veryga or Rolanda Lingienė, will return home with the winner’s crown, we will find out this Saturday, 8 : 30. on TV3 TV!

The culinary talk show “Kitchen Stories” successfully continues the twelfth season, where there are even more game fights, unique recipes, and interesting conversations and open stories with the most famous people in the country. Not only the heroes of the show, but also its hosts: chefs Ilona Juciūtė-Čibirkienė and Sri Lankan Dilanas Dampela Gamage will join the duel. The best conversations are woven in the kitchen, so every time the preparation of the dishes is accompanied by open and honest stories, and finally the third guest of the show who arrives at the studio must not only choose a tastier dish, but also guess how culinary he prepared it.

The twelfth season of “Kitchen Stories” is Saturdays at 8:30. on TV3!