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More The COVID-19 situation was presented at the press conference in Lithuania on Tuesday by the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, Head of State Emergency, and Daiva Razmuvienė, Chief Specialist of the Communicable Disease Management Division of the National Center of Public Health (NVSC).
The coronavirus has spread to 15 educational institutions
D. Razmuvienė reported that the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in educational institutions.
“Currently, a total of 15 educational institutions are registered, of which 2 are preschool and 13 are primary, secondary and of various levels of education. In total, there are 228 students in contact self-isolation, and there are 14 sick students in educational institutions. There are 2 preschool institutions: one person in kindergarten and 18 kindergarten employees in isolation. But this is according to the morning data, at this time there is data that will be included in tomorrow’s statistics, this is a case recorded in the Klaipėda district in one of the kindergartens and another case of a sick student high school or gym in Klaipėda ”, said D. Razmuvienė.
The epidemiologist assured that all the chimneys in the schools were managed and isolated very quickly after contact with infected people. Therefore, it is not yet appropriate to introduce distance education for everyone.
At the same time, D. Razmuvienė clarified that all currently sick children are treated on an outpatient basis, none of them are hospitalized.
Import cases have increased
Comparing the first days of September 7 and the first days of August 7, the number of import cases was 10% in September and 2% in August.
“A total of 203 cases were registered in the first week of September, while only 64 cases were registered from August 1 to 7. So the number of diseases is increasing, although it is also increasing in educational institutions. No we should panic, as we predicted, the cold period of the year, always at this time airborne infections become more active. All possible recommendations should be followed, “said D. Razmuvienė.
Clarified procedure for feeding students.
A. Veryga said that the recommendations on the safe feeding of children in educational institutions have been revised.
It is proposed to ensure as much as possible to eat both in the dining room and in the classrooms, but ensure the possibility of eating hot food. Efforts should also be made to avoid mixing in the dining room, for example by choosing different sides of the dining room ”, explained A. Veryga.
When asked by the minister if it is really appropriate at this time for institutions to ask students to provide hot food, Mr. Veryga replied that it was truly appropriate.
“Obviously, there will be circumstances where it will not be possible to provide that opportunity. You will not do anything, then the children will eat in class and it will probably not be hot food. But if there is an opportunity, as nutritionists and minis, it is very important to attend to other needs that They are important so that children do not have other problems with the digestive system. Furthermore, hot food can be brought to class, “said A. Veryga.
The Minister also spoke about the withdrawal of rapid tests for educational institutions. According to the head of the SAM, not all municipalities have withdrawn them yet, but this must be done as soon as possible.
“If we see that the recommendations continue to be ignored, we will have no choice but to publish those municipalities,” said the head of SAM.
As Ms Veryga said, there will be a list of educational establishments that follow the recommendations well and that other schools or kindergartens can follow suit.
“While the situation is not critically deteriorating and we see that it fluctuates from twenty to thirty, sometimes exceeding 40 cases per day, we are not seeing exponential growth, but that does not mean that we should relax. I believe that the measures that have been taken have produced that result. Also, we do not see a rapid increase in the number of patients treated for COVID-19 in hospitals. Therefore, use the measures that are recommended, “said A. Veryga.
Most new cases – In Kaunas County
On Tuesday, the NVSC announced that 14 of the new confirmed coronavirus cases had been recorded in Kaunas, 10 in Vilnius, 4 in Klaipėda, 2 in Marijampolė and 1 in Šiauliai and Tauragė counties.
After contact with patients, according to epidemiologists, 19 people became infected. The specialists could not determine the circumstances of the infection in 8 people. In addition, 5 cases of importation were registered during the previous day.
D. Razmuvienė said that currently 40 people are being treated in hospitals due to the coronavirus, 3 of them in resuscitation and intensive care units. 14 patients are treated with oxygen masks and artificial ventilation is required for 1 person.
In addition, as the epidemiologist said, the symptoms of the coronavirus occurred in just a little more than half of the 32 cases diagnosed in the last day, that is, in 18 individuals.
Import cases: from two countries
4 of the import cases recorded on Monday (2 in Vilnius and 1 in each of Klaipėda and Kaunas counties) were established for people who arrived in Lithuania or returned from Ukraine.
In Kaunas County, the coronavirus was confirmed for a person who returned to Lithuania from Ethiopia.
11 cases are associated with chimneys
7 new cases of coronavirus detected yesterday are related to the focus of the logistics company Hegelmann Transporte in Kaunas. All people were isolated, so no contacts were identified. There are currently 33 cases of coronavirus associated with the outbreak.
D. Razmuvienė said that all these people are foreigners, so they were isolated and there were no contacts.
1 case of coronavirus confirmed yesterday is associated with a personal holiday in the Trakai district. A total of 10 cases are currently estimated to be associated with the outbreak.
Another case registered yesterday is related to the logistics company CAT Cargo Logistics Lietuva operating in Vilnius county. Coronavirus was confirmed for an employee of the company. Currently a total of 4 related diseases are registered.
Case 1 registered yesterday in Kaunas County is related to a family celebration held in the Raseiniai district. COVID-19 was established for a person who is a student at the President Jonas Zemaitis Gymnasium. According to currently available data, the person was in the educational institution on September 2. Isolate 24 high-risk classmates at school.
NVSC recalls that parents of students who are currently in isolation are the so-called contact contact and should not be subject to isolation. Isolation is used when there is a high-risk exposure for a person with COVID-19 that has been confirmed by a laboratory test.
Another 1 new case of coronavirus is associated with the outbreak in Klaipedos Energija. A person is not an employee. Currently 3 cases of COVID-19 are estimated to be associated with the outbreak.
In addition, it is estimated that 8 people were infected yesterday after contact with people who were confirmed to have coronavirus, but these cases are not considered sources of contagion according to the data currently available.
It should be noted that 2 of these people are students at the John Paul II Gymnasium in Kaunas. According to currently available data, the people were at the educational institution on September 4. Isolating 54 high-risk classmates at school. The isolation of teachers is yet to be decided.
Also, one of these people is a student at Martynas Mažvydas Progymnasium. As reported yesterday, 24 high-risk people have been isolated.
The circumstances of the infection in 8 people are not yet clear.
At present, epidemiologists have not yet been able to determine how 8 people were infected (3 in Vilnius, 2 in Klaipėda and 1 in Marijampolė, Šiauliai and Kaunas counties). Epidemiological studies have shown that people did not travel abroad and did not interact with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
NVSC reports that a total of 3131 cases of COVID-19 disease have been confirmed in specific people in Lithuania, 1037 people are still sick, in 1994 – they recovered.
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