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As he said, the original proposal was to extend the quarantine until December 31, but, as decided by the Covid-19 Management Committee, it was agreed to extend it for a shorter period.
“On Wednesday, the government will be offered to continue it until December 16 and 17. Therefore, an extension for a shorter period than proposed. Later, the new government would decide whether or not to extend the quarantine. No changes have been discussed. special conditions under quarantine, “he said.
At the same time, Mr. Veryga emphasized that next week will be critical. At the same time, he reported that if the situation does not change and worsens, decisions are scheduled to be taken next week on restricting the work of supermarkets.
A critical week awaits you
“It just came to our notice then, albeit at a slower rate than last week. Based on the scientists’ predictions, we should have peaked at this point, which we should have reached 2,300 to 2,400 cases per day, and we have a similar number.
If the quarantine works, maybe we should see a slightly different dynamic, maybe a decrease, at the end of the week. This week will be critical, showing how the situation is changing. Because what we are seeing in the example of other countries that have applied the quarantine, Ireland, Israel, this third week was critical when it was possible to assess how the situation is changing.
Decide on the work of supermarkets.
Mr. Veryga also reported that there have been discussions regarding compliance with quarantine requirements and possible restrictions in the future and possible restrictions in supermarkets in the future.
As he highlighted, it was decided to communicate very clearly, speak with the Association of Commercial Companies, clearly demand that entrepreneurs, supermarket owners make sure that people do not gather there, etc.
“If we observe that the situation does not change this week, next week the government is determined to take decisions to restrict the activities of supermarkets, as has been done in Latvia,” he said.
More than a thousand new cases.
According to the latest data, in the last day 1,192 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Lithuania, and six people have died from coronavirus. Four other people died from other causes.
Since the start of the pandemic, CODID-19 has infected 48,000 people in the country. 226 people, 36 thousand. 644 – still sick, 11 thousand. 32 – recovered.
A total of 392 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania, and 158 people were infected from other causes.
Since the beginning of June, 519 import cases have been registered in the country.
The day before, 4,427 samples were tested for suspected coronavirus, bringing the total number of samples tested since the start of the pandemic to 1 million. 267 thousand 700.
Currently, 1629 people are being treated for coronavirus in Lithuanian hospitals, 126 of them in resuscitation, 887 patients need oxygen masks and 73 are used for lung ventilation.
The Presidency supports the continuation of the quarantine
The portal tv3.lt recalls that the second quarantine was introduced in Lithuania on November 7 and is currently scheduled for November 29.
However, the Acting Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, previously stated that the government is expected to be quarantined for at least three weeks. At the same time, he did not hide the fact that this time could be longer.
Representatives of the presidency also support the extension of the quarantine.
“It just came to our attention then. Yes, we see that the two-week quarantine takes effect. Without quarantine, the situation would be much worse. The number of infections should have much more.
We also see that three weeks will be too short a time to reduce the number of infections to such a rate that it would be easy to track them and reduce the very heavy burden on medical institutions, ”said President Counselor Simonas Krėpša after Gitan Nausėda’s meeting with members of the Council of Health Experts.
At the same time, he pointed out that this week will be very important, that it will show whether the pandemic curve can be broken down and the figures will begin to decrease or not.
“This will see the real situation at the end of the week, as it will be three weeks since the quarantine was introduced,” he said.
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