Deputy Minister: The statistics have convinced us of the publication schedule

Municipalities with 100 thousand. population in more than 500 cases in 14 days, dark red – those in which 100 thousand. the population exceeds 200 cases.

The Deputy Minister of Health, Živilė Simonaityt de, says that the statistics of the last weeks were analyzed when making the decision.

“Looking at the statistics and the change between municipalities in recent weeks, we see that if a municipality exceeds the threshold of 200 cases, it generally manages to survive in it,” said the deputy minister on the Delfi Day program.

“Obviously we have seen that 200 cases for every 100 thousand. the population threshold is stable enough to classify municipalities ”, he emphasized.

According to the deputy minister, the fact that the British coronavirus mutation is already spreading in Lithuania also makes it difficult to release more quickly from quarantine restrictions.

“We really cannot stop the spread of this mutation because it is more contagious. Whether it spreads is a matter of time when it becomes dominant in Lithuania. The only thing we can do is stop its spread, ”Ž said. Simonaitytė.

According to her, higher rates of spread of this mutation have so far been recorded in Marijampolė, Vilnius.

“It was also based on the fact that we have to check as much as possible whether the British mutation really spreads only here,” the deputy minister explained.

Aistis Šimaitis, project manager of the Government Chancellery’s Project Management Group, stated on Monday that the British variety could already account for about half of all new COVID-19 cases in Vilnius and be dominant.

Pinskuvienė: most of Širvintos diseases originate from Vilnius

Živilė Pinskuvienė, the mayor of the Širvintos district municipality, where traffic restrictions remain in place, says that the municipality’s poor indicators are determined by imported diseases of the working population in the Vilnius city and district.

“We can’t do anything, because most of our cases come from Vilnius city and district, where residents of Širvintos district work,” Ž said. Pinskuvienė.

According to her, 3-4 cases of infection are re-registered in families.

“There were days when we were in the red zone, but people from Širvintos, who were infected by companies from the Vilnius district, came to Širvintos. They live with their relatives, although we explained to them that it is necessary to live in different rooms, follow all the instructions, but it simply does not work for the families, ”said the mayor.

“Another bigger and more painful case was in a private grandparent’s home, where the grandparents were vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine and Pfizer, and they became ill again,” he added. Pinskuvienė.

According to the Government’s decision, from March 16 at 00:00 to March 31 at 24:00, the movement of people is restricted in Biržai district, Klaipėda city, Kupiškis district, Marijampolė, Neringa, the town of Panevėžys, the district of Panevėžys, the district of Šalčininkai, Širvintos. district, Švenčionys district, Trakai district, Utena district, Varėna district, Vilnius city, Vilnius district, Visaginas municipalities: People are prohibited from entering and leaving these municipalities.