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As reported, the growth of active shoots has been recorded in almost all areas.
According to Giedrė Aleksienė, head of NVSC’s Communicable Disease Management Division, serving as director, specialists with a similar number of active outbreaks were last recorded in early June.
“In terms of trends, the increase in the number of sprouts is certainly a cause for concern. The last time we recorded more than two hundred active sprouts thirteen weeks ago. At that time, we have been monitoring the growth trends of active sprouts. for nine weeks in a row. This means that the epidemiological situation remains extremely tense, “G. Aleksienė is quoted in the report.
For his part, Dr. Epidemiologist Daiva Razmuvienė warns that, although last week all eyes turned often to educational institutions, the situation in them is under control.
“Naturally, if we open the doors to schools, we will not prevent outbreaks of COVID-19 in them. This is what we see in last week’s statistics. There are outbreaks, but they are not numerous, we registered 2-3 related cases, they are localized. With such a situation, let’s call it possible, it is really possible to live and not deviate from everyone’s common goal of staying in class ”, says D. Razmuvienė.
Experts emphasize that increasing the vaccination rate is crucial at this time. It is a faster vaccination that can contribute significantly to controlling the spread of the virus.
The largest number of active outbreaks is found in the manufacturing sector and educational institutions.
The largest increase in active outbreaks compared to the last two weeks was recorded in educational institutions. As of the end of last week, 46 active COVID-19 outbreaks were recorded here, up from 13 a week ago.
Most outbreaks are in schools, with a fixed proportion of outbreaks in pre-schools. The outbreaks reported in educational establishments are not numerous; they are usually confirmed after several related cases of coronavirus infection.
Manufacturing companies, according to epidemiologists, also saw an increase in the number of active outbreaks last week. 43 of them were recorded in week 36 of the year, compared to 29 in week 35 of the year. NVSC specialists remind that employees of manufacturing companies should be tested for COVID-19 periodically starting on September 13, if they have not been vaccinated or have contracted the disease.
At the time, the increase in reported COVID-19 outbreaks in commerce, services, agricultural businesses, and sports organizations in week 36 of the year was negligible, ranging from a few to several percent.
The downward trends in active COVID-19 outbreaks were recorded last week in companies in the food industry and the construction sector. At the end of last week, specialists observed 15 (21 weeks ago) and four (six weeks ago) active outbreaks of coronavirus infection, respectively. There were no active outbreaks in logistics and transportation companies at the end of last week, at that time there were two a week ago.
An increase in active COVID-19 outbreaks was seen in medical and social services last week. There were 21 active outbreaks in medical institutions, compared with 13 in early September. Seven outbreaks were recorded in social service institutions in week 36 of the year, compared with six a week earlier.
The NVSC recalls that an outbreak is a sudden spread of a communicable disease that affects a limited number of people and / or a limited area, that is, two or more interrelated cases of the disease in time and space.
Specialists recall that mass vaccination is carried out in Lithuania, so all people over 12 years of age are encouraged to register for vaccination online at www.koronastop.lt or, if it is not possible to do so, call direct line number 1808. From 12 years. It can be vaccinated with Comirnaty (manufactured by Pfizer and BioNTech) or Spikevax (manufactured by Moderna). Children are registered for the vaccine by their parents (adoptive parents), guardians, or caregivers.
