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During the previous day, 1,244 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania. A total of 255,384 people have already registered for COVID-19 in the country. There are currently 16,664 patients.
Another 15 patients died Thursday. The virus has already claimed 4,019 victims in Lithuania.
Incidence of coronavirus infection in the last 14 days 100 thousand. the population reaches 573.6 cases.
229,667 people have already recovered from COVID-19. 969 people recovered in the last day.
The first dose of the vaccine was administered to 13,753 people on Thursday.
The second dose of the vaccine was received by 18,672 people on Thursday.
In Lithuania, 739,624 people received the first dose of the vaccine.
367 683 vaccines have already been vaccinated with the second dose of the vaccine, while in Lithuania 1 107 307 vaccines have already been used.
18,779 PCR samples were analyzed during the previous day. A total of 2,704,793 samples have already been analyzed
Lithuanian hospitals are currently treating 1,241 COVID-19 patients, 118 of whom are in resuscitation, Statistics Lithuania reported on Friday.
Oxygen is added to 1,031 patients and 67 patients receive artificial lung ventilation.
131 people were hospitalized for COVID-19 per day.
In Lithuania, since the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 has infected 255 thousand people. 384 people.
According to the declared data, 62 thousand are still sick. 742 infected, but it is statistically estimated that 16 thousand should be sick. 664 people.
Propagation of varieties
In Lithuania, 192 cases of the COVID-19 strain were detected in the UK this week and 23 in Anykščiai, Lithuania, the National Public Health Laboratory (NVSPL) reported on Thursday.
According to the laboratory, this week 39 cases of the British strain (B.1.1.7) were detected at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU GMC), as well as two more cases of the B.1.620 strain. , which was the first detected in Anykščiai in Lithuania.
A total of 153 British cases and 21 Anykščiai cases were detected in the VU Santara clinics, the information is still being reviewed due to four samples.
To date, a total of 7763 samples have been sequenced in Lithuania, according to the sequencing project coordinated by the NSPL, 4192 cases from the British, 14 from South Africa, 99 from Anykščiai and one case from the Brazilian variety have been detected.
Vaccination of children
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė affirms that Lithuania would make the decision to vaccinate children under 16 years of age only if this possibility was provided for in the vaccine registration document. As previously announced, Canada became the first country on Wednesday to decide to vaccinate Pfizer and BioNTech against COVID-19 in children 12 years of age and older.
“As far as I know, no vaccine registration document foresees the possibility of vaccinating children under the age of 16, so it is not discussed until it is done,” I. Šimonytė told reporters on Thursday.
The Prime Minister emphasizes that, according to her information, the Pfizer vaccine is scheduled to be vaccinated for people from 16 years of age.
ELTA recalls that Health Canada medical adviser Supriya Sharma, announcing the Canadian decision on Wednesday, said that data collected in a clinical trial showed that the vaccine was as safe for adolescents as it was for adults.
Pandemic Medical Accessories
The previous government did not plan to increase the salaries of doctors when preparing this year’s budget, in addition, more money than planned is needed for allocations to work with COVID-19, says I. Šimonytė.
According to her, this year almost 200 million will be spent on these additives. euros.
“As you can see, the situation is that the COVID-19 supplements will have to be paid for much longer. For this, the state will spend almost 200 million.” This is additional medical income, “the chief told reporters on Thursday. in response to allegations by some medical organizations about an unfulfilled promise to increase wages by about 9 percent this year.
“Yes, it is for extra work, for a large workload, but still it is additional income for doctors, and discussions about how doctors’ salaries should develop in the future should be considered during collective bargaining,” he said I. Šimonytė.
According to her, the funds for the increase in medical salaries were not planned by the previous government, when the head of the Ministry of Health was Aurelijus Veryga.
Younger vaccine
The mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius, says that if the capital sees that it will not be possible to use the full amount of AstraZeneca vaccines, the group of 35 years and over will be invited to vaccinate from Friday.
R. Šimašius says that Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys also approved this, presenting the mass vaccination plans in Lithuania to mayors on Thursday.
“It is really possible to affirm, although I invite everyone to register, that not all will be used, according to the dynamics that we see. I tried to ask the Minister what to do in such a case, whether to leave the vaccines unused or to advance the booster time, that is, the moment of the second vaccination, or to let the age category go down ”, he said.
“It was not easy to get an answer, but as other mayors asked the same question, we heard the need to lower the age category, lower it. That is what we are going to do this from tomorrow and we will do it if there are unused vaccines, that is, today we continue to invite those over 45 to get vaccinated, if there are vaccines we will be calling tomorrow from over 35. It is not yet 18, as in most municipalities, ”said R. Šimašius.
Two-week morbidity
Lithuania ranks fifth in the European Union (EU) in terms of new cases of coronavirus infection and 10th in terms of mortality, according to data released by the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) on Thursday. .
Last week, according to these indicators, Lithuania ranked sixth and thirteenth, respectively.
According to data from the Center, during the last two weeks the indicator of new diseases in Lithuania reached just over 576 cases per 100,000. population: 36 cases more than a week ago.
