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The Prime Minister said not necessarily after January 31st. all restrictions must remain. However, according to I. Šimonytė, the situation still needs to be closely monitored.
“There are days when the numbers look much better, there are days like today when they look worse again. The overall trend looks positive, the question is whether it is fast enough, “I. Šimonytė said after the government meeting on Wednesday.
According to the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Lithuania faces two challenges.
“The first challenge is that we have to come down from a fairly high mountain. The second challenge is that, at the same time, mutations are spreading somewhere near Lithuania, which can make that mountain grow back very quickly, ”said the Prime Minister.
According to I. Šimonytė, just look at the example of Ireland, which considerably reduced the number of cases, everything seemed to be under control.
“It was enough to cancel the quarantine and activate the mutation when a new quarantine had to be introduced. We would more like to avoid those roller coasters,” he said.
According to the Prime Minister, it is desired that the exit strategies are managed, coordinated with the decisions of testing and vaccination.
I can say that today will not be the case than on January 31. all restrictions will expire, ”said I. Šimonytė.
According to her, some of the restrictions may be lifted, but what and at what pace is still unclear and will be discussed. I. Šimonytė said that next week, when the full two weeks of the new year have passed, the situation will be discussed together with the Council of Health Experts and it will be discussed to what extent the quarantine conditions can be eased.
Last day, 1,694 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in Lithuania, 42 people died, the Statistics Department reported on Wednesday.
1,618 people recovered from this infectious disease last day. A total of 163 thousand people were registered in Lithuania. 42 cases of COVID-19, 97 thousand. 336 people recovered, 62 thousand. 425 – tebeserga.
Since COVID-19 in Lithuania, the first dose of 27,000 vaccines has been vaccinated. 142 people.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 2,096 COVID-19 patients, 156 of them in resuscitation, 1,222 additional oxygen supplies, and 105 people receiving artificial lung ventilation.
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