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According to him, consultations and negotiations are currently taking place, as the expert group consists not only of doctors and scientists, but also representatives of companies, the aim is to ensure that all parties are satisfied.
According to A. Dulkis, the number of coronavirus cases should not be expected to decline until the New Year.
“To dream that we can be reduced to the New, let’s not fool ourselves. We see what is happening, we will have to concentrate. We have to unite, we will be talking here for more than a few weeks,” said A. Dulkys.
“For the figures that are currently in Lithuania, the experts do not even have research or studies that can advise us on how to behave. This means that the situation is very serious ”, the Minister of Health summarized the current epidemiological situation in the country.
“Now we all have to unite and not think that I am going to act the way I want, and someone will do it for me and achieve that goal,” he said.
However, A. Dulkys did not specify the tools that the Government intends to adopt in the near future to stabilize the situation in the country.
“The main objective of crisis management is not to spread contradictory messages to the public. Do not say incomparable messages. Then we will try to communicate in the most fluid way possible so that the public receives the message that is real and does not change for 3 hours”, said.
Taking the oath on Friday, I. Šimonytė will meet with nine of his government ministers on Saturday to discuss next year’s draft budget and the management of COVID-19.
On the fourth day, Lithuania records more than three thousand coronavirus infections per day. On Friday, a total of 3,303 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in 13,428 samples.
On Friday, the new Minister of Health A. Dulkys presented the goals that will be achieved mainly in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such goals include isolating those who have been in contact with a COVID-19 infected person as soon as possible, that the number of positive tests does not exceed five percent of all tests performed, without reducing tests, and that the number cases itself is less than 200 per day. The minister also stated that the goal will be to prevent more than 100 more people from becoming infected with COVID-19.
On Friday, A. Dulkys did not mention specific measures, but mentioned that these will be related to quarantine and restriction of movement of people, vaccination of the population, assistance to medical institutions, care of residences and other objects of risk. Finally, with the optimization of the work of the National Center for Public Health.
It does not exclude stricter quarantine measures.
As Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė told the press on Friday, it should not be ruled out that new quarantine restrictions may be introduced in Lithuania from Monday. The first government meeting is scheduled for Sunday. It will address the management issues of the coronavirus pandemic.
Even before the Seimas approved the government’s program on Friday, I. Šimonytė repeatedly expressed the view that quarantine conditions should be stricter if a pandemic is to be managed. I. Šimonytė discussed the issues of managing the COVID-19 pandemic with experts on Friday.
The quarantine was extended until December 31 by decision of the government.
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