Epidemiologists focus: coronavirus focus in Šiauliai, concern about spread in schools



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“It just came to our attention then. It is also worrying that children attending two schools are also infected. There are many concerns about the Šiauliai outbreak,” Justina Petravičienė, representative of the National Center for Public Health (NVSC), said on Sunday. on BNS.

Of the 43 new cases detected in Šiauliai last day, six were confirmed, which are related to the Interscalit sewing company that operates in the city: the coronavirus was detected in two employees and four related people.

Two individuals are students studying at Romuva Gymnasium and Song Progymnasium, where 29 and 27 people with close contact, respectively, have been identified and are currently in isolation.

The first case at Interscalit was confirmed Wednesday, with 13 coronavirus cases currently linked to the outbreak.

Six cases were also confirmed in Vilnius County, where the coronavirus spread after a personal holiday celebrated in the Trakai district on August 28. Three people with a confirmed infection attended the celebration on Saturday, others interacted with one of the participants at home or at work.

In Vilnius county, a case related to the outbreak at the Intersurgical company in Pabradė has also been identified, with which a total of 47 diseases are associated.

Another new case in Vilnius County is associated with a choir outbreak, this is estimated to be the 33rd related case.

Five cases were identified in Kaunas county on Saturday, related to the family celebration on August 22 in Raseiniai district. One of the new patients is a student at Raseiniai Source Progymnasium. In total, ten cases are already associated with the fireplace.

Two new coronavirus cases have been identified in Tauragė county, which are associated with the outbreak in the Kęstutis battalion, a total of 35 cases are associated with this outbreak.

In addition, a case in Taurag condado county relates to companies involved in the construction of the Vilnius cogeneration power plant; 15 outbreaks are associated with this outbreak.

Three new fireplaces

According to epidemiologists, three new coronavirus outbreaks were recorded on Saturday: two in Klaipeda and one in Vilnius county.

The coronavirus was confirmed on Saturday to an employee of Klaipedos Energija, which is the second related illness, the circumstances of the first person’s infection are unclear.

The second fireplace in the port city is associated with the family celebration on August 28 – the coronavirus was confirmed to the person who interacted with the participant of the celebration. There are three cases associated with this fireplace, the first confirmed on September 1.

At that time, a coronavirus was detected in an employee of the logistics company CAT Cargo Logistics Lietuva in Vilnius county, a total of three cases were related to this approach, the first case was detected on September 3, could not be establish the circumstances of a person’s infection.

The circumstances of the infection of nine people are unclear.

So far, specialists from the National Center for Public Health have also been unable to establish the circumstances of the infection in nine people who were confirmed to be infected on Saturday.

According to epidemiologists, the people were not abroad and did not interact with those infected.

Among other things, eight cases of infected people were also confirmed on Saturday after contact with sick people, but these cases are not classified as outbreaks.

A case of importation from Poland was also detected on Saturday and registered in Marijampolė county.

In Lithuania, 3,083 cases of coronavirus have been identified so far, 1,030 people are still infected, 1954 have recovered, 86 deaths have been recorded and another 13 people have died from other causes.



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