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As the ELTA news agency announced this Saturday, last day 2,848 new cases of COVID-19 infection were detected in the country, and more than 41,000 people are currently ill. people. In Kaunas there are 4739 inhabitants.
In Lithuania, between 992.3 and 100 thousand new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the last 14 days. population, in Kaunas – 1044.7 cases. 100,000 population. So far, 611 people have died from coronavirus, 318 from other diseases, 68 and 28 in Kaunas, respectively. Last day, epidemiologists detected the highest number (nearly 1,000) of new cases in Kaunas County.
“It goes without saying that the formation of such registries both in Kaunas and in many other places in Lithuania was influenced by the lighting of a Christmas tree and the massive purchase of Christmas gifts. If we talk about Christmas trees, it was obvious that the police would not stop the entire crowd that gathered next to them. It was those vacations that were really a waste of large amounts of money unnecessarily, regardless of the threats of the pandemic and without thinking about the consequences.
It is terrible that people still do not understand how dangerous it is to ignore the quarantine conditions, not to assemble, to properly use personal protective equipment, to observe hygiene. And now we have what we have. Worst of all, hospitals can no longer accept all the sick who need emergency care. With the spread of the infection, there is a catastrophic shortage not only of hospitals, but also of the doctors themselves. ”Alvydas Laiškonis, a well-known infectologist and professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, draws attention to the rapid spread infection and possible “paralysis” of the health care system. .
He recalled that during the first wave of the pandemic, in the spring, the Kaunas City Municipality, with the help of the Ministry, seized the empty facilities of the Republican Hospital unit in Kaunas district, Kulautuva, for several years. Only they are empty and still standing.
“The municipality of Kaunas has been talking for a long time about those reserve rooms, provided separately for coronavirus patients with a milder form. But to treat these patients in them, it is not enough to paint the walls or doors. Oxygen and other equipment are also needed, but nobody cares, although the situation in Kaunas county and in Lithuania as a whole is only getting worse, ”said prof. A. Laiškonis.
Commenting on the results of a survey conducted these days, when more than half of those surveyed admitted promising to visit their loved ones at Christmas and traditionally celebrate the great crossroads with them each year, Professor Eltai said: “I fear there will be an incidence even higher climb. Because it is already clear that due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the three-week quarantine announced in Lithuania did not bring anything good. It means that it was done only for the form, not for the result that we all need ”- without any optimism in his voice, the seriousness of the situation was emphasized by prof. A. Laiškonis.
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