An outbreak of coronavirus in one of the largest flower farms, the owner himself is sick



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The first cases of employees with coronavirus were recorded on April 8 in the Alytus district, Punia nursing home, Punia village, which operates the Algimantas Žemaitis farm, which is dedicated to the cultivation of flowers and vegetables. According to data from the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health under the Ministry of Health, as of April 12, COVID-19 infection has been detected in 17 employees of this farm, and around 50 of them in total.

As the children of some of the employees of the aforementioned farm – elementary, preschool and preschool children are educated by contact in the Butrimoniai gymnasium and its unit, in the Butrimoniai kindergarten, their education is temporarily suspended from today April 13 until April 23. According to statistics from April 12, 186 Alytus residents and 91 Alytus district residents have coronavirus infection.

Employees and contact persons surveyed

The coronavirus outbreak at A.Žemaitis farm in Punia village was recorded for the first time since the beginning of the spring pandemic last year and is currently the largest among companies and farms operating in the Alytus district.

The first diseases on said farm were registered on April 8. Soon, at the initiative of the Alytus Department of the Alytus District Municipality and National Center for Public Health, an examination of the employees was organized on A.Žemaitis’ own farm.

According to the district deputy mayor Dalia Kitavičienė, doctors from the primary health care center visited here and samples were taken from agricultural workers due to COVID-19 infection.

According to Vicemerė, on April 10, the mobile team of doctors from the primary health care center in the parking lot of the Butrimonys Gymnasium examined the contact persons, the relatives of Butrimonys who work at the A.Žemaitis farm, for coronavirus . The list of them was provided by the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health. More than 20 people were studied, according to preliminary data available to the deputy mayor, coronavirus was detected in about half.

“On Wednesday April 14, doctors from the primary health care center will come again to Butrimonis, all city residents who have suspicions about this infection will be invited to be examined for COVID-19,” confirmed D. Kitavičienė .

The vice mayor assured that yesterday, April 12, it was decided to temporarily suspend primary education in contact at the Butrimonys Gymnasium from April 13 to 23 and the same education in the Butrimonys Kindergarten under the gymnasium, the children will be educated at a distance as before. This is related to the fact that the parents of some of these age groups work on the farm of A. Žemaitis, the aim is to protect the gym from the spread of the coronavirus.

Samogitian Farm

Samogitian Farm

© Photo from personal album.

“Someone came to work sick”

According to data from the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health, from April 8 to today, April 12, the A. Žemaitis farm was diagnosed with coronavirus in 17 out of every fifty employees. All the patients are now isolated and also in quarantine and have had contact with patients. One of the sick employees at this farm, a man in his 50s, was admitted to S. Kudirka Hospital in Alytus County and is in more serious condition. This was confirmed by the owner of the farm A.Žemaitis.

He also admitted that he had been diagnosed with a coronavirus: “I have to be in isolation until April 17. But I can say that I may not feel anything yet. “

When asked how, in his opinion, the COVID-19 infection could have entered the farm for the first time, A. Žemaitis said: “Someone came to work sick.”

Specialists from the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health have not yet been able to determine the cause of the spread of the virus.

According to A.Žemaitis, the farm is now operating minimally, about twenty people work and no instructions have been received from the National Center for Public Health regarding the suspension of activities.

Based on coronavirus incidence, Alytus ranks 17th, Alytus district ranks 19

According to the statistics of April 12, according to the positive tests of coronavirus registered during fourteen days, 100 thousand. Alytus has the population number 17, the district of Alytus is the 19 among 60 municipalities of the country. In the capital of Dzūkija during the mentioned period 100 thousand. There are 392 positive cases of COVID-19 infection per population, 364 in the district and 448 in the country.

On April 10, new cases of infection were registered in 35 residents of Alytus, and that day, 520 CRPs were analyzed: nasopharynx samples and 15 for direct antigen tests. On April 11, 53 residents of the capital Dzūkija and 14 rapid antigen tests were analyzed by PCR, and a coronavirus was diagnosed in Alytus.

In Alytus District, on April 10, 25 new cases of COVID-19 infection were recorded from 140 PCR tests and 5 populations using rapid antigen tests. The next day, April 11, 2 new cases of coronavirus were detected in the district of 26 of those analyzed by PCR and 7 of the population analyzed by rapid antigen tests.

According to the statistical data of April 12, 186 people with coronavirus infection in Alytus, 91 inhabitants in the district, 5 thousand people who recovered from COVID-19 in the city. 698, in the district – 1 thousand. 371. The number of deaths with coronavirus as the leading cause of death since the beginning of the spring pandemic last year in the city has not changed since the end of March, and the number in the district has not changed since mid-March.

On the morning of April 12, 26 of the 40 “cowardly” beds were occupied at S. Kudirka Hospital in Alytus County, and 3 more COVID-19 patients were treated for resuscitation.

According to statistical data on the same day in April, 9 thousand people were vaccinated with the first dose of the vaccine in Alytus. 176 or 18.65 percent. population, the second dose or the entire vaccination scheme – 3 thousand. 359 or 6.83 percent. population. These figures in the district of Alytus, respectively: 5 Cerdocyon. 331 or 20.63 percent. and a thousand. 981 or 7.67 percent.



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