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The government informed the SNB about this on Tuesday.
On Monday, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and the Council of Health Experts convened by the Government discussed the coronavirus situation, quarantine measures, as well as vaccination and testing issues.
Experts suggest continuing with quarantine measures until control of the pandemic can be assumed by an operating system of isolation, testing and tracking, and outbreak management.
In addition, according to them, quarantine measures should continue until the number of cases is less than 200 per week and the proportion of positive tests does not exceed 5 percent.
Among other things, experts suggest that the currently unoccupied PCR testing capacity be “directed immediately” to the maximum preventive testing of educational institutions and the extinction of outbreaks.
According to experts, it is necessary to advance the vaccination of teachers against COVID-19, taking into account the “importance of educational institutions for the development of the state.”
Testing of some teachers should start this week, and vaccination teachers should arrive in the second half of February, Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys told reporters on Monday.
Experts also point to the need to perform a PCR or rapid antigen test on individuals not immune to COVID-19 at airports and seaports.
“After the test, self-isolation should be applied for 14 days, which allows the PCR test to be performed on the seventh day of isolation and, in the event of a negative response, to shorten the isolation,” the experts point out.
“Upon arrival in the country, people who test positive by PCR or rapid antigen at an airport or border area should be directed to isolate themselves in hotels or other accommodations that avoid contact with healthy people,” they say.
The government’s emergency commission decided on Monday to recommend to the cabinet to extend the quarantine regime until early March, which is currently in effect until January 31.
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