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According to Rolanda Lingienė, head of the Vilnius Department of the National Center for Public Health, according to Thursday’s data, the COVID-19 infection was registered in 21 educational institutions, two of which are kindergartens. There are 25 cases, including 18 minors and 7 staff members, four involved in the educational process and three employees who have no direct contact with the students. However, according to R. Lingienė, all were infected in these institutions.
“According to NVSC epidemiologists, 318 people have been isolated to date. I would also like to emphasize that there have been no cases of COVID-19 or infected children in schools. In fact, we bring this infection from families, on various holidays, after various social contacts. Currently, the infection is not spreading in educational institutions, “said R. Lingienė.
Currently, the infection is not spreading in educational institutions, – said R. Lingienė.
Another case in Pilaitė
About new cases in Vilnius schools 15 minutes confirmed the deputy mayor of the capital, Vytautas Mitalas. According to him, on Wednesday evening the parents learned that the COVID-19 infection had been confirmed to the novice M. Mažvydas progymnasium in Pilaitė.
“It just came to our notice then. According to preliminary data, as far as we have been able to find out, it is not related to the confirmed case at the weekend at this school. As a result, a class is learning remotely today until further recommendations are clarified specific to the National Public Health Center (NVSC), ”said the deputy mayor.
Over the weekend, it was reported that the infection was detected in the M. Mažvydas progymnasium for the first time, his class was studying in the Pilaitė gym facilities.
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Learned not from NVSC
According to him, the biggest surprise here is that the information reached the school and the municipality not from the NVSC, but from the parents: “This is a case that we learned about last night not directly from the NVSC, but from civic parents and the school community”.
It is planned to disinfect the school facilities on Thursday after school, when the educational process will no longer take place, according to V. Mitalas, in order to minimize the risk for the school children, the NVSC also approved.
Another COVID-19 case was identified in Vilnius for a Gabija Progymnasium student; It was also known on Wednesday night and not from the NVSC. Here, a class also learns remotely.
The minister recalled the order of the schools
The Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, spoke at a press conference that some municipalities, some educational institutions and without the instruction of the NVSC make decisions to go to distance education and the entire educational institution does so.
“I want to emphasize once again, remember that yes, the municipalities as founders have the right to make such a decision, but those decisions are not related to the instructions of the NVSC. When such instructions are given, it is the departure of a class or two to distance learning.
The municipalities seem to be trying to minimize these risks themselves, but I would like to urge once again not to panic, for this the educational institutions had to prepare procedures to separate the flows. They are necessary for that, so that it is not necessary to exclude the entire institution from distance education, the children would have the opportunity to receive face-to-face lessons ”, said A.Veryga.
Urge not to rush to isolate
R. Lingienė also spoke about the situation at the Juodupė gymnasium of Ruodiškis district: “After the illness of two employees, one teacher and one not, NVSC identified only six people at high risk, all of them gym employees. There are also 40 students who had a low risk exposure. Only six people have been isolated by decision of the NVSC, all of them are employees ”.
According to the specialist, although the decision of the school to isolate itself is respectable, it is necessary to understand and accept the consequences of this decision: parents whose children cannot study on their own at a distance will not receive sick leave due to childcare, because there was no epidemiological basis for isolation.
On Wednesday it was announced that 234 students from this educational institution, more than 30 teachers and 10 administrators will have to close the 14-day self-isolation in this gym.
Procedure not approved
However, the NVSC has not yet approved the procedure proposed by the Vilnius Municipality for the school to deal with when a member of its community is diagnosed with a coronavirus infection. Minister Aurelijus Veryga stated on Monday that he would not even have anything to comment here, as problems only arise in Vilnius.
V. Mitalas affirms that everyone unanimously agrees that such a procedure is absolutely necessary, only the Ministry of Health is stopping the process. “These are two great absurdities, this and that we learn about cases of civic parents and not directly from the NVSC, and then at our own risk we make decisions at night when we have proposed a procedure for that decision-making mechanism to be formal. , coordinated, ”he said. Deputy mayor.
According to data on Wednesday, 18 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in 18 Lithuanian educational institutions. Rolanda Lingienė, from the Vilnius Department of the NVSC, urged schools not to panic.
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