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“A place like a social care home is definitely the biggest risk there, due to certain circumstances, because people are long-term, cared for, cared for, their age, chronic diseases,” the chief specialist of the Division said on Friday Communicable Disease Management Committee of the NVSC at a press conference. Daiva Razmuvienė.
According to her, it is believed that the infection entered this institution when one of the employees became infected during a family vacation.
“The infection was linked to the fact that an employee had a family celebration and thus brought the virus to these nursing homes,” said an NVSC spokeswoman.
According to her, personal vacations have recently become a common cause of the virus spreading.
“Today, if there are outbreaks, some and more cases, many of them are registered in various family celebrations, sometimes not only funny, but also sad: mourning lunch. These cases are currently registered quite often,” said D Razmuvienė.
In total, 13,000 people in Lithuania have been infected with coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. 823 people, 8918 – still ill, 4691 – recovered.
A total of 157 people have died since COVID-19. Another 57 people died from other causes.
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