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Veryga’s remote press conference, which is also attended by Jekaterina Rojaka, Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation, and Daiva Razmuvienė, Chief Specialist of the Communicable Disease Management Division of the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), was you can see here:
According to A.Veryga, the number of new cases remains high.
The COVID-19 management committee on Monday considered reducing the number of people authorized to gather in public places from 5 to 2.
The acting minister noted that the lighting of the Christmas trees at the weekend also shows that people are behaving irresponsibly. He mentioned that Christmas trees can be inspected when there is no congestion.
According to A.Veryga, the COVID-19 committee spoke about the proposal to ban the sale of advertising in stores and supermarkets. Discounts draw people to the malls.
The interim minister said there is the possibility of buying remotely, without having to go to the stores.
A.Veryga mentioned that mortality is increasing in Lithuania. It is the largest in the age group 80 to 89 years.
Most of the deaths are associated with cardiovascular disease. True, not due to heart attacks or strokes. Many deaths occur in the home, not in medical facilities.
The situation in hospitals is serious
According to D.Razmuvienė, the seriousness of the situation in medical institutions is determined by the fact that, compared to the end of October, the number of coronavirus patients increased three times, 5 times, the number of hospitalized people increased.
The tension is also confirmed by the number of doctors with coronavirus. Currently, more than 3.6 thousand people are sick. doctor.
Most of the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda counties on Sunday.
Photo by Lukas Balandus / 15min / Daiva Razmuvienė
D.Razmuvienė mentioned that there are many cases of coronavirus outbreaks in families. The trend is increasing. The proportion of family outbreaks is about 30 percent.
During yesterday 70 new cases of disease were registered in institutions and companies, but they are not numerous, 2-3 cases in companies.
When assessing the impact of the quarantine, D. Razmuvienė said that compared to September-October, many new outbreaks were recorded in leisure facilities. The quarantine has yielded positive results as a result.
It is worrisome in nursing and care centers. According to D.Razmuvienė, there are probably no nursing homes where these cases of coronavirus are not registered.
More than a thousand new diseases
During the previous day, 1,136 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania. Another 13 people died.
61,325 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the country. 14,211 people recovered from the disease and 46,378 were ill.
Photo by Luke April / 15 minutes / Quarantine in Vilnius
Hospitals treat 1,858 patients with coronavirus infection.
144 of them in resuscitation.
974 patients need oxygen, 93 people have artificial lung ventilation.
About half of the hospital beds are currently occupied: 8,552 out of 16,504.
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