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Next week, November 2-8. In addition, according to the new traffic light principle, thirteen more municipalities in the country are assigned to the red zone: Prienai district, Rietavas, Šalčininkai district, Šiauliai town, Šilutė district, Tauragė district, Utena district, Varėna district , Kaunas district, Mažeikiai district, Molėystai and Pažai district, district municipalities.
To control the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), municipalities included in the red zone must not only follow the recommendations and instructions of specialists, but can also decide on the issuance of local quarantine.
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, 5 in the green zone and 21 in the yellow zone. (The Jonava district is assigned to yellow).
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. the proportion of population and positive surveys per week is 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 the municipalities where the incidence does not exceed 50 cases per 100,000. population and the proportion of positive tests is equal to or greater than 4%. or the morbidity is 25-150 cases per 100 thousand. less than 4% of the population tested positive.
The red zone includes those municipalities where morbidity exceeds 50 cases per 100,000. population, the proportion of positive tests – 4 percent. and more, and the proportion of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30 percent. or more per week, or those with a morbidity greater than 150 cases per 100,000. the proportion of population and cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, that is, at least 10 cases per week must be registered with the municipality.
Municipalities are evaluated according to three criteria: a 14-day morbidity rate of 100,000. the percentage of the population that tested positive among all tests performed within 7 days and the percentage of non-outbreak or outbreak-related cases within 7 days.
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