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According to the NVSC, 31.5% of all people at high risk of exposure to the infected person agreed to be tested in February. people, 21.8 percent in January.
According to D. Razmuvienė, BNS, in order to identify cases of the disease in the most effective way possible, Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys ordered investigation of people at low risk since the beginning of February, but this did not bring significant changes.
Photo by Lukas Balandis / 15min / Daiva Razmuvienė
“In order to identify the possible infection as accurately as possible, we also offer a recommendation for those who have had a low-risk exposure to be tested. In addition, due to the arrival of the mutated virus, it is better to study a circle of people as wide as possible. That reluctance to study is strange, “said the epidemiologist on Tuesday.
The locations of the infections do not change.
Among other things, nearly half of new COVID-19 infection cases could not be identified in February.
In February, 45.7 percent. cases, the circumstances of the infection could not be determined.
“In February, 45.7 percent. In 30.8% of the cases, the circumstances of the infection could not be determined. Infected in families, and 13.9 percent. – in the work environment”, – said D.Razmuvienė.
According to her, the contagion circumstances in January were not identified in 44.1%. patients, 29% were registered in families. cases, and at work – 15 percent. new diseases.
According to D.Razmuvienė, the main infection sites do not change.
“If we take both December and November, there is a similar trend. Of course, work and family were much closer together until there was more contact work,” he said.
“Silent disease”
According to the epidemiologist, the reasons for the unknown circumstances of the infection are various: some people refuse to communicate and do not provide information, others indicate various places they have visited, but no case of infection has been registered or visited by other patients. There are also those who hide part of the visits.
“Maybe they feel uncomfortable saying, maybe they visited friends, maybe they weren’t completely legal at the party, maybe they were illegal at the hairdresser. (…) Others say they don’t know, but suspect that a colleague could having been sick because he went to work feeling bad and could have contracted it. We cannot identify the person who was walking sick, because he is not registered as sick anywhere, “explained D.Razmuvienė.
She says epidemiologists regularly observe these cases when a person feels symptoms but does not study them. However, this new trend can not yet be called.
We call these cases “silent disease.” They feel symptoms, they visit different places.
“We call these cases ‘silent disease.’ They feel the symptoms, they visit different places, ”said an NVSC representative.
Medical illnesses: seven times less
According to D.Razmuvienė, in February, 6.8 percent were diagnosed in hospitals. In 2005, the number of new cases in February was 5.5% and in January it was 5.5%.
The epidemiologist points out that infections in these facilities are mainly associated with newly conceived patients.
Photo by Vidmantas Balkūnas / VUL Santara Clinic. Fight against coronavirus
“Patients are being screened before bed for COVID-19, but that does not protect the institution one hundred percent,” he said.
According to D. Razmuvienė, due to the vaccination carried out in the country, almost seven times fewer medical cases were registered in medical institutions in February than in January.
“1954 COVID-19 cases were recorded for healthcare professionals in January and 295 cases in February,” he said.
Among other things, an NVSC representative says about 93 percent. all new cases are epidemiologically investigated daily. In some cases, case studies take time or are not investigated at all because there are problems contacting patients, they are not native speakers, or they do not agree to communicate at all.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has affected 199 thousand people. 825 people.
According to the declared data, 52 thousand are still sick. There are 442 infected, but it is statistically estimated that 7109 people should be significantly less ill.
According to NVSC data, there are currently around 59.2 thousand people in isolation. people.
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