Operations Suspended at Radviliškis, Events Planned to Be Limited: Several Hundred More COVID-19 Investigation Results Expected

However, this is not final, as the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) continues to evaluate staff. According to Lietuvos ryto televizija, several hundred more test results are expected.

According to Vaidas Smalinskas, director of Radviliškis Hospital, people lying in the infirmary are currently at the highest risk because they already suffer from various diseases.

“If they are infected, the situation will be complicated,” V. Smalinskas told Lietuvos Rytas Television.

According to the latest data, 23 cases of COVID-19 infection were identified in the Nursing and Solidarity Care Unit and 8 employees were infected. All patients and physicians in the nursing room, as well as physicians in the admissions room, were isolated.

According to the hospital director, the infection spread to the hospital when one of the nurses felt the symptoms. In the COVID-19 study, the response was positive.

Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said the situation would be resolved, but life could not be stopped: “the virus will live together until there is a vaccine. There will probably also be cases where part of the institutions, or at least the units, will be working in difficult conditions for some time. “

According to Lietuvos rytas televizija, as the chimney expands, the work of the entire hospital is reorganized. The hospital is not accepting new patients and scheduled surgeries are canceled. However, if the chimney is expanded further and most of the staff must be isolated, the administration does not rule out the possibility that the entire hospital, with the exception of the Nursing and Supportive Treatment Unit, should be closed.

In this case, according to the mayor of the Radviliškis district, Antanas Čepononis, not patients in difficult conditions would go home for treatment, but instead would travel to Šiauliai or other county hospitals in worse health.

The residents of Radviliškis themselves control the whole situation with anxiety and fear a possible outbreak at school, just as they fear catching it when they go to the hospital.

According to Lietuvos Rytas Television, the biggest events will be restricted in Radviliškis from Friday.

Delphi recalls that on Thursday afternoon, the NVSC announced that another 23 positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) had been identified at Radviliškis Hospital. Thus, according to preliminary data, 31 cases of contagion have already been identified in this institution.

The coronavirus, according to the currently available data, has been confirmed in 23 patients from the Nursing and Solidarity Care Unit and in 8 officials, two of whom work in the Reception-Emergency Service.

All patients from the Nursing and Solidarity Care Unit were isolated. Likewise, 37 employees who worked in the Nursing and Supportive Treatment and Reception-Emergencies departments were isolated.

NVSC specialists have been working at Radviliškis Hospital since yesterday.

The epidemiological diagnosis of 23 cases is currently being carried out.

Before that, the NVSC reported that 62 cases of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) had been confirmed in Lithuania last day. 22 of them were registered in Vilnius, 17 in Kaunas, 15 in Šiauliai, 3 in each of Panevėžys and Klaipėda counties. At that time, 1 case was recorded in Marijampolė and Alytus counties yesterday and 24 hours a day.

After contact with patients, according to epidemiologists, 41 people became infected. The specialists could not determine the circumstances of the infection in 17 people. In addition, in the past there were 4 import cases.

Import cases – from 4 countries

During the last day, one import case from Germany and another from the United States were registered in Šiauliai county.

At that time, yesterday an imported case of coronavirus was detected in Klaipėda county for a person who came to Lithuania from Nigeria, in Marijampolė county, who returned from Norway.

31 cases are related to chimneys

8 cases of coronavirus recorded yesterday in Kaunas County are related to the focus on the Raseiniai police. One of the people is an employee of the institution, the others called secondary or tertiary contacts, 3 of whom are members of the same family. Currently, a total of 26 coronavirus cases are associated with the outbreak. One of the people for whom the disease was confirmed yesterday is a student at the President Jonas Zemaitis Gymnasium in Raseiniai. By decision of the NVSC, 17 companions were isolated. 5th grade students, by decision of the school administration, before September 23rd. you will learn remotely.

4 cases of COVID-19 are related to a sewing company operating in Šiauliai. There are currently 44 cases related to this outbreak. One of the people for whom the disease was confirmed yesterday is a student at the Šiauliai University Gymnasium. The person was last at the school on September 4, so no contact persons were identified at the school, the educational process is normal.

3 cases registered in Vilnius yesterday 24 are related to family vacations. A total of 8 cases are estimated to be associated with the chimney. One of the people for whom the disease was confirmed yesterday is a student at the Vilnius Simonas Konarskis Gymnasium, but since September 7. He studied remotely, so no contact persons were identified at the school, the educational process is normal.

Furthermore, 3 confirmed coronavirus cases in Vilnius County are associated with Vilnius Gabija Progymnasium. One of these people is a teacher, the others are relatives of sick children. There are currently 15 cases of COVID-19 associated with the outbreak. According to the data available in the NVSC, elementary students learn in the daily way of organizing the teaching process, grades 5-8 – in the distance.

In Kaunas, 2 chimney-related cases were recorded in a pharmaceutical company. Both individuals are employees. A total of 5 related cases were registered.

1 The case registered in Klaipėda County is considered to be related to the boat trip of employees of a company in the Klaipėda region. This is already the ninth related case.

Another case confirmed yesterday in Klaipėda county is estimated to be related to the chimney in Klaipėdos Energija. This is the twelfth case.

In Raseiniai, 1 case related to August 22 was registered. family celebration. An estimated 12 cases of coronavirus are now associated with the outbreak.

Also in Kaunas County, COVID-19 has been approved for a person who works in a security company. This is the fourth associated case of infection.

In addition, on the last day in Vilnius County, Elektrėnai, a case related to a chimney was registered in a transport company. This is the fourth related case of COVID-19.

At that time, 1 case was recorded in Šiauliai county, which was related to diseases in a shopping center. A person is not an employee. A total of 7 related cases were recorded, including one confirmed yesterday.

In addition, 5 new chimneys were registered yesterday: 3 in Vilnius county and 1 in each of Šiauliai and Panevėžys counties.

Yesterday, case 1 was confirmed to a person who worked in the nursing and supportive care department of Radviliškis Hospital. The first 2 cases were registered on Tuesday: the coronavirus was confirmed in the worker and in the patient. These cases were not linked when the case statistics were released yesterday, the information was later revised. Thus, a total of 3 cases of COVID-19 are currently registered in this medical institution, but last night the NVSC received information about 5 more positive results of tests for COVID-19 performed on employees. People are informed, but epidemiological diagnoses are still ongoing, and these cases will be included in the statistics tomorrow. According to the information available to the NVSC, the department has been isolated and its work has been reorganized.

Case 1 was confirmed for an employee of a furniture manufacturing company operating in Panevėžys county, Kupiškis district. A total of 2 related cases were registered. The first was approved on September 12.

The Vilnius registered fireplace is connected to the Gym Plius sports club (Kalvarijų str. 88). COVID-19 was confirmed yesterday in a person who contacted a sports club coach during a group training session. 16 high-risk individuals were identified. The first case was confirmed on September 15. Currently, NVSC specialists are actively working with the company, collecting contacts from people who may have had contact.

There is also a case registered in Vilnius related to a bar located in the old town of Vilnius. It is estimated that the person had contact with a sick colleague during the training. Since September 13, when a colleague confirmed the coronavirus, the person has been in isolation.

Another chimney in one of the transport companies is registered in Vilnius county. This is the second related disease.

In addition, 10 other people, according to epidemiologists, became infected after contact with a person who was confirmed to have coronavirus, but the cases are not considered sources of infection based on currently available data.

It should be noted that one of these people is a professor at Vilnius Simonas Stanevičius Progymnasium. The school identified 5 people at high risk of exposure. According to the data available to the NVSC, a class is isolated, the educational process is organized remotely.

The circumstances of the infection in 17 people are unclear.

At this time, epidemiologists have not yet been able to determine how 17 people were infected. Epidemiological studies have shown that people did not travel abroad and did not interact with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Specialists are examining the routes of these infections, so the statistics may still change if links are found between individual cases.

NVSC reports that a total of 3504 cases of COVID-19 disease have been confirmed in Lithuania, 1254 people are still ill, 2149 – have recovered.

For their part, public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance and more. .