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A. Dulkys stated that in 4 hours, after the approval of the Government, he would begin the implementation of his COVID-19 management plan.
“And the first thing I appeal to and would like to invite everyone to do is start with the announcement of the key governance goals of Covid-19. We know how tense society is, how everyone wants specificity, clarity, and most importantly, answers to ‘why’.
Therefore, following the recommendations of the experts from the World Health Organization and the advice of our Lithuanian experts, whom we have consulted very intensively these days, we want to invite everyone to a concerted effort and a goal, consisting of three components, ”he said.
PHOTO GALLERY. Arūnas Dulkys
Three main goals
The first, according to A. Dulkis, will be done to identify and track the cases in which these people are isolated within 48 hours.
“Currently, the situation is such that it is done for 3, 4 or more days in the best of cases. We will do our best to ensure that the number of positive tests does not exceed 5% without reducing the volume of tests from the total number of tests. Now we have a threatening situation where it exceeds 20 percent. Consequently, we will do everything possible so that the number of cases per day does not exceed 200. Today the situation is such that we have record days in which this number exceeds 3,000 ”, said the new minister.
The third point is that everything possible will be done to ensure that 100 people do not infect another 100 people.
“This means that the reproduction rate of the active virus R would not exceed 1. It is currently between 1.2 and 1.3. It is all of these three goals, combined in one message, would be our goal and they should be achieved together,” said A. Dulkys.
According to him, then we certainly cannot claim that the virus has been controlled, but that it is at least returning to a situation that can be controlled.
“It just came to our attention then. So, in accordance with this objective, because people are tense, we will try not to work days, but hours,” he said.
A. Dulkys said more details on specific restrictions will be released later, but when asked when new bans should appear, he replied, “Yesterday.”
4 priorities
Asked about possible restrictions on trade and movement, A. Dulkys has stated so far that he can only say that the measures will be related to at least 5 main areas.
“One is directly related to the quarantine and the movement of people. Another thing is vaccination, which is very important. The third thing is, we see that there is a threatening situation in the medical institutions and the number of beds, the distribution between organizations needs to be addressed. The fourth thing that is very important and what must be done immediately is to address the issue of nursing homes and other risky places.
Of course, the National Center for Public Health and the rapid review of its processes and decisions about the organization of its work also remain, ”he explained.
Again more than 3,000. cases
Last day 3067 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed, 29 people died from COVID-19, the Department of Statistics said on Friday.
1,117 people recovered on the last day.
Since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infected 86,000 people in the country. 949 people, 49 thousand. 628 – still sick, 36 thousand. 168 – recovered.
A total of 764 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania and 391 people died from other causes.
During the last day to investigate 12 thousand. 59 samples due to suspected coronavirus, the total number of samples analyzed since the beginning of the pandemic is 1 million. 387 thousand 528.
Almost 2,2 thousand people are treated in hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 178 of whom were in resuscitation
2,171 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals, 178 of them in resuscitation, the Department of Statistics reported on Friday.
1,050 patients need oxygen, 105 people receive artificial lung ventilation.
Currently, about half of the hospital beds are occupied: 8,403 of the 16,000. 644.
Of the 672 resuscitation beds, approximately two-thirds are occupied, 410. Of the 624 beds that can be equipped with artificial lung ventilation, 248 are occupied and of the 6289 oxygen beds, 2371 are occupied.
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