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“Yesterday we discussed the extension of the quarantine conditions in the expert council and the entire expert council unanimously agreed that the quarantine as such a measure should be extended,” said Vaidotas Grigas, director of the public institution Molėtai Hospital, at a conference of press this Tuesday.
According to him, this decision was made in view of the fact that the number of new cases detected per day is no longer decreasing and is even showing signs of increase.
“This is certainly not the third wave that has been transmitted, but it is worrying,” said a member of the expert council.
According to V. Grigo, although the situation has improved significantly, the number of both cases and hospitalizations has stopped decreasing.
According to him, the specific dates remain in the hands of the Government.
“It just came to our attention then. Here, of course, the decision is left to the government. Our recommendation is for a longer period of time,” said V. Grigas.
He said the recommendation includes a policy provision to continue the quarantine, but its conditions could continue to be relaxed, and more importantly simply without risking the immediate release of all or most of the restrictions.
“Every week there are discussions in different sectors, that I know, there will be communication with the cultural sector this week. The Council of Experts is constantly reviewing and revising and making proposals to the Government on how to apply which measures and which could be facilitated ”, said V. Grigas.
Currently, the quarantine in Lithuania is valid until February 28.
The portal tv3.lt recalls that the Government has also presented proposals on the policy of wearing masks.
482 new cases
Last day 482 new cases of COVID-19 were identified in the country, seven people died, the Statistics Department said on Tuesday.
Incidence of coronavirus infection in the last 14 days 100 thousand. the population reaches 242.8 cases.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 194 thousand people. 833 people.
Statistically recovered and currently 180 thousand live. 640 people, declared – 132 thousand. 430 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 8,122 sick people, the declared number of patients is 56 thousand. 501.
The Department of Statistics considers that a person declared sick has a confirmed case and the end of the disease has not been confirmed by a doctor. A statistically ill person is one for whom illness has been confirmed in the last 28 days. After this period, the person is considered statistically healthy.
A total of 3,189 people died in Lithuania from COVID-19. 6,207 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
Last day, 3,567 people received the first dose of the vaccine and 1,524 people received the second. In Lithuania, the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine was administered to a total of 125,000 people. 518 people, in both doses: 68 thousand. 651 people.
Last day 6,527 molecular tests (PCR) were carried out on the presumed coronavirus in the country, for a total of 2 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 51,452.
In addition, 517 antigen tests were performed daily. A total of 30 thousand of them were made. 149.
The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the past seven days is 7.8 percent.
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 1,002 COVID-19 patients, 98 of whom are in resuscitation, 821 patients are receiving oxygen supplementation, and 57 patients are receiving artificial lung ventilation.
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