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“We are releasing restrictions, we are taking a new leap in the disease. And new strains of the virus are spreading even faster, so more efforts are needed to control their spread,” wrote V. Kasiulevičius on social media.
According to him, restricting movement, spending less time in meetings, reducing illness, reducing excessive deaths, and at the same time avoiding overloading the healthcare system even with the emergence of new strains of the virus.
According to the professor, regular testing, early identification and isolation of sick people can also reduce the number of illnesses. V. Kasiulevičius assures that the opening of the service sector could be started by applying periodic tests.
“But without the introduction of rapid antigen tests or automated PCR test lines in our country, it is hard for me to imagine such a universal test. We don’t have a single thing so far.
Therefore, today we only have one effective measure: the restrictions, they work, and those restrictions are necessary for our country not until January 31, but at least until mid-April, when the UV index and air temperature will start to stop. the spread of infection. Finally, the most vulnerable will be vaccinated in mid-April. And even then one can speak of liberation, ”wrote the professor.
S. Čaplinskas does not agree with that
Professor S. Čaplinskas wrote in his social account that restrictions are not a solution, some of them could be lifted.
„I do NOT support the proposals to maintain the quarantine in public until April. I do not see a real basis for movement restrictions between municipalities at this time.
In my opinion, the activities of the kindergartens should be resumed as soon as possible. In which I propose the immediate application of continuous preventive tests of the staff and only when a positive case is identified should a temporary quarantine be decided for the group and not for the entire nursery. I also propose to update the functioning of primary schools by applying similar preventive tests. There is no longer any reason to keep a small business closed. They can be opened, especially those that can ensure compliance with the necessary security requirements (for example, beauty salons, small shops, etc.).
The future is a “new reality” that requires new tools to adapt, and there is an urgent need to develop and launch a state-funded preventive testing program. This program will be a key tool in the management of coronavirus infection in all countries, including through vaccination (instead of quarantine). However, there is a lack of public communication with the expert assessment of the actual situation, so it would be appropriate to start preparing regular national risk assessment reports and make them publicly available, rather than just numbers, tables and graphs. without conclusions and expert recommendations.
These risk assessment reports from Scandinavian et al. countries are prepared by national institutes of public health. In Lithuania, the preparer of such reports could be the institution under the Ministry of Health, the Institute of Hygiene, which houses the Center for Public Health Research, or the Institute of Public Health of Vilnius University.“, – wrote S. Čaplinskas.
26 people died last day from COVID-19, ages 50 to 99, according to data released by the Statistics Department on Sunday.
A total of 13 men and women died on the last day.
Most of the deaths (11) belonged to the age group 80 to 89 years, six deaths ranged from 70 to 79 years.
Five deaths were recorded in the age group 60-69 years and three deaths in the age group 90-99 years. One of the deceased was between 50 and 59 years old.
Additionally, five coronavirus deaths were included in the overall death statistics when the actual date of death is earlier.
A total of 2,445 people died from coronavirus. The highest number of deaths, 878, corresponded to the age group 80 to 89 years. Among other things, three people between the ages of 20 and 29 died from the disease.
In Lithuania, a total of 167 thousand people have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. 516 people, 104 thousand. 188 people recovered, 59 thousand. 683 – tebeserga.
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