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According to Simon Krėpšta, Senior Advisor to the President, a decision has been made to establish an Advisory Council of Health Experts under the Chairmanship to ensure that the voice of experts is heard and empowered.
“The second objective of the council is to ensure the smoothest possible transfer of the management of the coronavir crisis from one hand to another,” he said.
PHOTO GALLERY. Meeting of the presidency with scientists on the management of the Covid-19 pandemic
As the representative of the presidency said, the purpose of this expert council is temporary, and it is planned to transfer it to the new government and later to the Ministry of Health.
“Without a doubt, the situation is worrying, we are seeing an exponential increase in infections, so all the necessary decisions must be made,” he added.
According to him, what should change even more in the management of the situation should depend on the knowledge and recommendations of the experts.
The situation is getting worse everywhere
As prof. Edita Sužiedėlienė, convening such a council is more than timely. According to her, the already 8 months of experience of a pandemic would be extremely valuable.
“Government work has been done in various groups, so it will definitely be used. But the situation has changed a lot, both in the political field and in the health field, so new decisions have to be made.” .. That situation has changed not only in the country, but throughout Europe, throughout the world, so we must take into account so many different virological problems, decisions that are made in other countries, “he said.
According to her, the situation in the second wave is also developing rapidly in neighboring countries.
LSMU prof. Mindaugas Stankūnas emphasized that this initiative is somewhat different from the existing working groups.
“This advice is not because it is against someone, that someone has done something wrong, that the previous government has not listened to the advice of scientists and the like. The government really asked, invited experts, scientists, really tried to listen. But what differentiates this initiative from the president is that the government commission was irregular, “he said.
The expert council is expected to consist of some 30 specialists, but they have not yet been appointed because they have not been selected. According to M. Stankūnas, it is planned to do so in the near future. The expert board should start work next week.
Asked about the possible mistakes made by the current government, M. Stankūnas said that in July it was possible to predict the future growth of new cases and the need to strengthen the epidemiological analysis of cases at the National Center for Public Health.
“It was really possible to think that we would really need contact traceability,” he said, but added that now we need to think about how we can do better.
Sedimentation: the situation is dire
Earlier, in response to the deterioration of the COVID-19 situation in the country, the president stated that “the situation is so serious that we must forget about all other things and take action on it.”
I hope that the new ruling majority, whatever it is, let’s not discuss it, really realize the seriousness of the situation, because the situation is not serious, the situation is very serious, the situation is so serious that we must forget about everything the rest and take the solution. The president emphasized the need for a coherent and science-based strategy to control the coronavirus.
The President has previously stressed that it is important to mobilize and consolidate the investigative force.
As Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga stated earlier in the week, the country is already experiencing exponential growth in virus cases.
A new record per day
Last day, 950 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) were confirmed in Lithuania. 350 of them were registered in Vilnius, 152 in Kaunas, 124 in Klaipėda, 120 in Telšiai, 97 in Šiauliai counties. Another 35 cases were recorded in Panevėžys, 32 in Tauragė, 28 in Marijampolė, 7 in Alytus and 5 in Utena counties.
Of these, the vast majority were reported when people became infected after contact with people who were confirmed to have coronavirus. At that time, cases where the circumstances of people’s infection are unclear, i. and Epidemiological studies have shown that individuals have not gone abroad, they have not interacted with confirmed cases of COVID-19, registered 142. However, these figures have not yet been revised, as not all epidemiological studies have been completed.
6 deaths from COVID-19 have also been reported.
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