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To control the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), municipalities in the red zone must not only follow the recommendations and instructions of specialists, but can also decide on the issuance of local quarantine.
Currently, 21 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone, 26 in the yellow zone and 13 in the green zone.
SAM reports that decisions on the announcement of quarantine in specific municipalities are made on Wednesdays at the Government meeting. So whether quarantine will be introduced in these municipalities will be decided next week.
Starting next week, October 26. Local quarantines are announced in the following municipalities: Elektrėnai, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kelmė district, Klaipėda district, Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Skuodas district, Šiauliai district, Švenčionys district. The quarantine was extended in the Raseiniai district municipality.
The duration of the quarantine regime is from 2020. October 26 00:00 until 2020 November 9 24:00; In the Raseiniai district municipality – until 2020. November 6, 24:00
SAM recalls that, taking into account the recommendations of international organizations, at Wednesday’s meeting the Government approved the division of municipalities into three zones according to epidemiological indicators: yellow, green and red.
The green zone means that the risk of coronavirus is low in municipalities that fall into it, and that no additional restrictions are required for municipalities that meet this criterion. The green zone includes municipalities with a morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100,000. The percentage of the population and the number of positive tests per week is less than 4%.
The yellow zone means that municipalities within it must be prepared and responsibly follow the recommendations of public health experts to control the further spread of the coronavirus. The yellow zone includes the municipalities where the incidence does not exceed 50 cases per 100,000. population and positive tests equal to or greater than 4%. or morbidity 25-150 cases per 100 thousand. less than 4% of the population tested positive.
The red zone includes those municipalities where morbidity exceeds 50 cases per 100,000. population, positive tests – 4 percent. and more, and the proportion of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, or those with a morbidity greater than 150 cases per 100,000. the proportion of population and cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, that is, at least 10 cases per week must be registered with the municipality.
Municipalities are evaluated according to three criteria: a 14-day morbidity rate of 100,000. the percentage of the population that tested positive between the percentage of tests performed within 7 days and the percentage of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks within 7 days.
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