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As early as Tuesday, NVSPL already reported on two cases of the PAR coronavirus strain identified for the first time in the laboratory of the Santara Clinics of the Vilnius University Hospital (VULSK).
It is also reported that VULSK sequencing data this week (surveys conducted on March 22) shows that among 95 samples, 31 cases of B.1.1.7 (“British”) were identified. B.1.1.7 constitutes 53 percent. (17/32) Vilnius, 23 percent. (10/44) Kaunas, 50 percent. (2/4) Marijampolė and 50 percent. (2/4) Samples from Alytus County.
We are also updating the information sent by the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU GMC) last week. Of the 24 samples (tests conducted on March 18), 8 cases of the virus strain B.1.1.7 were identified (two cases were reported in a previous report). B.1.1.7 constitutes 63 percent. (5/8) Kaunas, 100 percent. (2/2) Marijampolė, 20 percent. (1/5) Samples from Vilnius County.
So far, a total of 1608 samples have been sequenced and 225 cases of virus lines B.1.1.7 and 2 B.1.351 have been detected in Lithuania, according to the sequencing project coordinated by NVSPL. Samples for sequencing are randomly selected. The project is coordinated by the National Public Health Laboratory.
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