COVID-19 and migrants: how dangerous is this combination for Lithuania?

Warned of the epidemiological crisis

On the fact that to Lithuania fluid Migrants from Asia may face not only a humanitarian crisis but also an epidemiological one, prabilo Prof. Vytautas Kasiulevičius. According to a well-known doctor, it is on this continent that the so-called Indian strain of COVID-19 has spread. Current data shows that it’s more contagious.

Advisor to the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) Giedrius Mišutis 15 minutes stated that people crossing the border illegally are isolated in SBGS units in accordance with security requirements and one of the first steps is COVID-19 testing.

About 100 migrants have been detained in the past week and investigations have so far identified only one case of infection.

Justina Petravičienė, representative of the National Center for Public Health 15 minutes confirmed that all detained illegal immigrants are being screened to prevent the spread of the infection.