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Last week there were three outbreaks of coronavirus infection in a social care home. According to Giedrė Aleksienė, head of the Communicable Disease Management Unit of the NVSC, acting as director, this is a good and long-awaited sign of hope, especially remembering which outbreaks were registered in these types of institutions before the vaccination of residents and employees. it started.
“The sharp decrease in the number of outbreaks in social care homes, which are often inhabited by people more vulnerable to coronavirus infection, is a trend that suggests the expected signs of improvement. This shows once again that the vaccine is a special advance in antiviral science and that those who already have the opportunity to be vaccinated should not give it up, ”says G. Aleksienė.
The highest number of active outbreaks, that is, those with new cases of COVID-19 in the last 14 days, were registered in educational and treatment institutions last week, 46 and 42, respectively. The number of outbreaks in these types of institutions remains stable compared to the previous week.
At that time, the assessment of outbreaks in individual sectors shows that the high prevalence of infection, according to epidemiologists, was recorded in furniture trade and manufacturing companies. Compared to the previous week, the number of outbreaks in these areas has almost doubled, from 14 (March 15-19) to 26 (March 22-26).
According to medical epidemiologist Daiva Razmuvienė, the same trend has been observed for some time when it comes to business, when most outbreaks are in the trade and furniture manufacturing sectors. “We see that controlling the infection is really difficult for companies with a large number of employees. We often find it difficult to organize shifts correctly, implement, much less, epidemiologically correct decisions about the organization of catering for employees. As a result, Lately our specialists have been paying a lot of attention going to the fireplaces, consulting on site and at the same time helping to find the best work organization solutions to prevent the spread of the infection ”, says doctor D. Razmuvienė.
Likewise, last week there were seven active outbreaks in sewing companies, 11 in construction companies, five in transport and logistics companies, and four more in companies in the food industry.
Additionally, epidemiologists continue to monitor trends where the number of familial outbreaks remains stable. An evaluation of data from last week shows that family infections continue to account for about a third of all co-identified COVID-19 cases. This trend has been observed since last fall.
The NVSC notes that an outbreak is a sudden spread of communicable diseases that affects a limited number of people and / or a limited area, that is, two or more interrelated cases of the disease in time and space.
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