All recent cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Vilnius County – several are related to the same market.

In the sights of epidemiologists – Rudamina Market

“Yesterday, 5 new cases were approved, all of them in Vilnius County.

3 in Vilnius city, 1 in Vilnius district and 1 in Šalčininkai district.

The first case is a relative of a sick resident of the Vilnius district and the circumstances of the infection of both people are unknown. Both people indicated that they visited the Rudamina market and we already have at least 5 confirmed cases that indicated as a route that they visited this place, “said G. Megelinskienė.

G. Megelinskienė said that epidemiologists are monitoring the situation in the Rudamina market.

“We monitor the situation, in each case we evaluate the routes (infected -” Delfi “), they are published on the NVSC website.” When we see some coincidences that several people with confirmed infection have visited there, they will certainly take action, they will evaluate the Market compliance with infection control and recommendations, and this will be done in the coming days, “said an NVSC spokeswoman.

Another case identified on Sunday, according to G. Megelinskienė, is the driver of a transport company that organizes long-distance trips. So is a student whose circumstances of infection are still being investigated.

“Another case is a person who may be connected to a fireplace in a health care institution. The child had contact with another child whose parents were ill. Of course, when they had contact, people were unaware of the confirmed infection. Circumstances: On June 12, people visited St. Ignatius Church and participated in the First Communion trial, a total of 18 families attended, that is, more than 50 people, and the people who participated in the trial they are isolated. <...> In addition, a case was confirmed in the Šalčininkai district, an employee of a sewing company fell ill, the person was last at work on June 11, a total of 40 company employees with contact were identified. It is still unclear how this person could have been infected, “said the epidemiologist.

Death case – in Klaipeda

On Sunday, 1 death was recorded in Klaipeda County.

“Yesterday, a report was received from Klaipeda University Hospital that a resident of the Kretinga district belonging to the 81-90 age group, who had comorbidities, had died. The case was reported last week. The person was treated at the Kartena Nursing Hospital, hospitalized at the Klaipėda University Hospital and then transferred to the Salantai Nursing Hospital. Due to his state of health, he was then taken to Klaipėda Sailors Hospital and transferred to Kretinga Hospital, where a positive case was identified, “said the NVSC representative.

During the weekend – 12 cases

As Ginreta Megelinskienė, an epidemiologist at the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), said at a press conference, 7 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Saturday. 6 of them are in Vilnius County and 1 case is imported in Utena County.

“The import case was from Russia, the person arrived in Russia in mid-March, and only on June 9 did he return from Russia in his own car through the Smėlynė border checkpoint. He underwent a prophylactic test COVID- 19 on June 10, which was positive, 2 family members had contact, 3 cases were related to a focus in one of the Vilnius health institutions, the circumstances of 1 case are not yet known, the person lives in the Vilnius district, “said G. Megelinskienė.

Another case is a close relative of a Danish import case that was announced last week. He works at one of the Vilnius educational institutions, but was not there. Among the cases detected on Saturday is an employee of the Vilnius Republican University Hospital. This is the second case of coronavirus in this hospital.

“5 new cases were reported on Sunday. 4 of them in Vilnius county and 1 in Telšiai county are also imported cases from Sweden. The person returned to Lithuania by ferry on June 8, the case was clarified during the examination preventively, the person did not feel any typical symptoms, “said G. Megelinskienė.

Another case found on Sunday relates to a personal vacation in the village of Kalveliai. 2 cases are related to the focus in the Santara clinics.

As Minister Aurelius Veryga said at a press conference, the criteria for revoking the quarantine are still being monitored and evaluated every Monday.

4 indicators are monitored

“There are 4 observable indicators. One of them is the total morbidity rate per 100,000 inhabitants in the last 2 weeks. He is currently 3.5 years old, on May 22 he was 5.9. It remains more or less the same, unchanged. Another criterion is that at least 90%. cases identified within a week would be associated with localized and managed outbreaks. According to the latest data, we have almost 83 percent. That figure has continued to deteriorate since late May. Another indicator is how many positive cases are detected out of every 100 analyzed, that is, 0.20. It was 0.11 last week. And when the criteria were started, the monitoring was 0.22. This remains within the norm for the time being. We also had 8 import cases. So far, the same 2 criteria are still worse than on May 22, but overall the situation is more or less stable and without significant deterioration, “said Minister A. Veryga.

According to A. Veryga, municipalities with a higher incidence than the Lithuanian average of more than 3.5 continue to be monitored. These municipalities are currently: Širvintos, Ignalina, Vilnius district, Jonava, Klaipėda district, Vilnius city, Skuodas, Ukmergė, Elektrėnai and Šakiai.

Preventive tests for coronaviruses are intensifying in these municipalities.

Filling

National Center for Public Health (NVSC) June 15. according to:

• Number of confirmed cases in specific individuals: 1,773
• Number of sick people: 258
• Number of new COVID-19 confirmed yesterday: 5
• Number of coronavirus deaths: 76
• Deaths from coronavirus from other causes: 10
• Number of people recovered: 1,429
• Number of people in isolation: 316
• All countries are considered affected areas.
• From June 1. in the case of imports: 17