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Currently 143 educational institutions in Vilnius are testing for coronavirus.
“More than 16 thousand people are conducting research. students. Imagine that we have discovered 418 asymptomatic already cumulative. This means that 418 children did not experience any symptoms. It was only during the heap that they were recognized and further spread of the virus was prevented, both at school and at home.
Children bring the virus home and perhaps there are older people in our environment who are especially afraid of getting sick, ”said Aurelija Šiautkulienė, representative of the Vilnius Public Health Office, in a debate organized by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports on Wednesday.
He is also supported by Arūnas Penkaitis, Chairman of the Vilnius Duke Gediminas Progymnasium Parents Council. According to him, due to the spread of the delta strain of the virus this year, children are spreading the infection much faster than last year.
“I would like to dispel the myth about the spread of the disease that children are not carriers of this disease. As for the spring, there were quite a few cases of illness in children. If we look at the current variety, we are already starting to have problems even during testing. It’s scary to think of what it would be without testing.
The current situation has changed, since if we find a sick child in the classroom, the situation is such that the virus spreads among the children. We already have a class in our school that we take to distance education, because with each test in that class, we find a new case, a new case. The children began to infect each other, “noted A. Penkaitis.
Lina Viršilienė, director of Kaunas Jurgis Dobkevičius Progymnasium, confirms that the virus is spreading among children in schools.
“Thank God the children are not very sick. But the fact that they carry and spread the virus is a fact. For example, last week we had up to eight piles on fire. And it was a difficult situation. After repeated PCR tests, four students had positive responses, ”said the school principal.
Currently, in Lithuania, about 45% are tested for COVID-19. students. There are 401 active outbreaks in the country. An outbreak is declared when more than two students are sick. In total, more than 4,600 students (1.5% of all students) currently need to be isolated.
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