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“Of the 30 young people who participated in the camp, 17 were diagnosed with the COVID-19 virus. There is a field leader among the sick, ”the report posted on the Lazdijai district municipality website said Thursday.
The youth summer camp was held July 26-29.
As Dalytė Nekraševičienė, Director of the Alytus Department of the National Center for Public Health told BNS, all those infected are asymptomatic or mild.
“Several feel mild symptoms, but none were taken to the hospital,” explained the director of Alytus’ department.
According to the NVSC, the age of infected campers ranges from 14 to 22 years. According to D. Nekraševičienė, some of them had been vaccinated.
He also said that he did not yet know who the first patient was and what the circumstances of his infection were.
“The primary infection is not clear, we are trying to find out. Most of them are asymptomatic, probably the first one was asymptomatic,” explained D. Nekraševičienė.
According to the Department of Statistics, there are currently 44 people in Lazdijai district.
In this municipality, 55.4% received at least one dose of vaccine. population.
