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“We would like to inform you that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Franciscan brothers of Kretinga must isolate themselves before Christmas, that is why St. Hours of Masses and Services. The parish office will work. The church has been disinfected and will be open to private prayer, ”said Holy Communion of Kretinga. For Mary, the parish is on her social network.
Pastor Juozapas Marija Žukauskas told Delfi that four monks had fallen ill. They all feel no symptoms and isolate themselves together.
“The four are isolated in a bottle, all asymptomatic. Maybe it caught from the workers. We found out that the organist was sick first, her dad was going to the hospital, he was receiving chemotherapy. Maybe from there. I do not know. The brothers attended masses, funerals, as usual. When we found out on Sunday, we asked him to check everyone, both brothers and staff. The church was immediately disinfected. And so, every day after mass disinfects all the benches, people sit ten feet from each other, fenced off, they have no chance to sit closer. It’s safer with us than in the mall, ”says JM Žukauskas.
Added at 12.11: Raimundas Grigaliūnas, head of the Klaipėda department of the National Center for Public Health, says that the spread of the virus is not only caused by the monks of Kretinga. The new cases are spreading through hospitals and nursing homes.
“The cases related to the nursing and supportive care department of the Skuodas branch of the Klaip deda Republican Hospital are concerning: seven employees and ten patients. We also have fourteen cases in residences in Palanga, including eleven residents. We also have cases in the Klaipeda Medical Nursing Hospital: One employee and five patients are ill. And thirteen workers and about thirty patients here are already ill. These places spread very quickly. We had only a few cases at the beginning of the week. Apparently, the Doctors made mistakes somewhere, whether it was dressing or what happened, the virus itself could not have spread because no one was visiting patients. Gargždai Hospital still has eight employees and about thirty patients. scheduled bed rest. There are some in schools and kindergartens, “says R. Grigaliūnas.
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