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Most cases in social care homes are asymptomatic.
One of the largest chimneys exploded at the Kėdainiai welfare home in just over a week. November 27, the municipal administration received the first information about three cases of work infection, while a week later, 13 workers had confirmed positive results for COVID-19 infection. 80 beneficiaries of the institution’s services have also obtained positive results.
“Five of the employees became ill due to the illness of their children or spouses. I contacted all the sick by phone. The good news is that they are in a milder or asymptomatic form, Acting Director Žaneta Blandienė said on Friday. Kėdainiai Fair – Again, so much so that the vast majority of service users are asymptomatic. The health status of the population is monitored daily and body temperature is measured three times a day. Sick and healthy populations are divided into zones. The staff works in separate areas. “
According to the director of the Kėdainiai Social Welfare Home, the pool of employees is still sufficient and there is no shortage of personal protection measures.
One of the solutions discussed is to test the employees of the institution regularly every week, – said J. Liutkienė.
“For my part, I sincerely thank all employees without exception. Only through such a focused, responsible and professional team will we survive and, I hope, survive the difficulties that have arisen. Strengths for workers and the sick ”, – wished Ž.Blandienė.
The founder of Kėdainiai Social Care Home is the Ministry of Social Security and Labor. The epidemiological situation at the facility was discussed at a meeting of the Emergency Operations Center last Thursday.
“One of the solutions discussed is to test the institution’s employees on a weekly basis. The testing schedules will be coordinated by the institution director and Kėdainiai PSPC. The district municipality also offered transportation if necessary,” reported Jorūnė Liutkienė, public relations advisor to the district mayor.
The need for a mobile point does not diminish.
As the need for testing for the coronavirus is not diminishing, Kiniadainiai PSPC spokeswoman Asta Raicevičienė confirmed that the mobile coronavirus checkpoint will operate on weekends instead of noon, but in two shifts, from 8 a.m. to 4 pm Check-in at the point: by phone 1808 or online, www.1808.lt.
Since last weekend, Kėdainiai has been the leader in Lithuania in terms of COVID-19 morbidity per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days. December 4, this indicator in the Kėdainiai district municipality was nearly 1.9 thousand. 100 thousand cases. population. December 7 – a little smaller, about 1.7 thousand. cases.
According to the score of the Official Statistics Portal of December 7, 1,280 people were sick in the district, 267 were healthy, a total of 14 deaths from coronavirus were registered and another 6 people with coronavirus died from other causes.
More than 1,000 illnesses in November
According to the scoreboard of the official statistics portal, in November a total of 1,119 cases of COVID-19 were registered in the district. The incidence increased approximately tenfold in one month. On the last day of October, 118 cases of coronavirus were detected in the area.
Information scoreboard from the official COVID-19 statistics portal in Lithuania / Incidence in Kedainiai district municipality
Lithuania, December 7 A total of 76,036 cases of infection were confirmed and the total number of deaths from coronavirus reached 637. 326 people died from other causes of coronavirus infection.
According to data provided by the Department of Statistics on Monday morning, 44,625 people in Lithuania suffered from the illness caused by the coronavirus infection, and 30,449 recovered.
Public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance, and more.
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