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In the country to make 15 thousand. 539 molecular tests (PCR) and 9090 of antigens for suspected coronavirus.
The rate of new illnesses in the last 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 574.7 cases. The proportion of positive diagnostic tests in the last seven days is 5.6 percent.
In Lithuania, a total of 254,000 COVID-19 patients have fallen ill since the start of the pandemic. 91 people.
A total of 4,000 people have died in Lithuania since COVID-19. 8068 deaths are directly and indirectly related to this infectious disease.
Statistically recovered and there are currently 228 thousand alive. 696 people declared 182 thousand. 792 recovered. Statistically, there are currently 16,000 patients. 378 people, the declared number of patients reaches 62 thousand. 282.
The Department of Statistics considers that a person declared sick has a confirmed case and the end of the disease not 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.
According to the department, the statistical rate of patients may be more accurate to assess the morbidity of the population, since among declared patients there may be cases in which the person is no longer ill but the family doctor has not confirmed the end of the illness. .
Currently, more than 1.2 thousand patients receive treatment in hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 116 of whom were in resuscitation
1,260 COVID-19 patients are currently being treated in Lithuanian hospitals, 116 of them in resuscitation, Lithuania Statistics reported Thursday.
Oxygen is added to 1,026 patients and 67 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
122 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
The long awaited day has dawned. More details will be given on Thursday about the start of mass vaccination of the population. The need to speed up vaccination is more than obvious. There is no reduction in disease in Lithuania, and the most dangerous strains of the virus are increasingly spreading throughout the country.
Outrage against the prime minister
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė assesses the Pakruojis District Municipality’s decision to start vaccinating all adult residents against COVID-19 as a weekend.
“I see him as a fan who shouldn’t be right now. Because according to all parameters, according to the risk of disease, the risk of death, the risk of hospitalization in serious forms, despite the fact that people of all ages are sick and people of all ages are admitted, the risk clearly decreases ”Said the head of government at a press conference on Wednesday.
“Pakruojis is not such a small city that all the elderly, and not necessarily over 65, but also around that age, have been vaccinated. I just see it as finding a certain simple path,” he said.
Referring to the decisions of the Vilnius City Council to reduce the weekly vaccination age poster, he emphasized that “there should be no separation of very large age groups in the municipalities”, but justified the decisions of the capital.
However, according to the head of government, these differences set a precedent for residents to register for vaccines outside of their municipality of residence.
“This should not be the case, and that pace should be as even as possible,” said I. Šimonytė.
Quarantine and summer restrictions
I. Šimonytė states that although the Passport of Opportunity will soon enter into force and mass vaccination will begin, some quarantine restrictions are likely to remain in the summer.
However, the Prime Minister emphasizes that as the epidemiological situation improves, quarantine restrictions in the country will be relaxed.
By government decision, the Opportunity Passport will come into effect on May 24.
Initiation of mass vaccination
Mass vaccination of the population in the country will begin earlier than expected, already in May, says Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys.
According to him, the change in vaccination strategy allowed for more regular and frequent vaccine volumes.
On Thursday, the ministry’s leadership prepares to discuss this with the mayors of the municipalities, and then at a press conference to announce an updated plan for mass vaccination of the population.
Some municipalities, including large cities, have already begun to vaccinate the population according to age groups from 55 years old, and in Vilnius, from 44 years old. According to A. Dulkis, this was done in consultation with the ministry.
Vaccination campaign
The municipality of Marijampolė is considering repeating the campaign when not only the elderly, but also their relatives are vaccinated at the vaccination points.
He said about 270 older people and about 200 bodyguards were vaccinated during the campaign on Tuesday.
When asked if the vaccination of the very young does not contradict the priorities set by the Minister of Health, A. Pavelčikienė, that the procedure allows to reduce the priorities if the vaccine balance is formed.
According to the mayor’s advisor, vaccination in the municipality is currently being carried out in parallel with two vaccines, the majority of which are Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
