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“I would recommend going back to quarantine for a shorter time, because so far we see that this is the only really effective way. But that doesn’t mean it should last three months,” says the professor at Delfi Day.
“We see that other countries, such as Israel and the Czech Republic, see nothing but quarantine,” he says.
According to the professor, restrictions are needed, because otherwise the number of diseases will increase rapidly and it will be increasingly difficult to control the virus.
“250 cases is not a tragedy, but you see a trend and the curve goes up. The more widespread the infection, the more difficult it will be to control and it is likely that we will end up in strict quarantine again in the end. And it will last longer, “I think. A. Žvirblienė.
According to her, if the quarantine is not introduced, people should be more disciplined, follow the recommendations: communicate at a safe distance, wear masks, do not meet, but society, in her opinion, is already too relaxed.
“A person, in principle, is not inclined to feel threatened for so long. Surely in spring the fears will end. Now people are relaxed, which is not good, because we have to remember that the virus is ours, ”explains A. Žvirblienė.
“Nothing special is being done yet, only people are advised to wear masks indoors, but there are bars, discos and sports clubs. “If you don’t want to reach thousands of infected people, you will have to introduce some kind of restriction,” she is convinced.
According to the professor, even if a vaccine against the coronavirus were prepared and reached Lithuania, it would not necessarily help to stop the spread of the virus.
“The purpose of the vaccine would be to stop the spread of the virus, but that would only be the case if 60-70% of the population,” explains the professor. Otherwise, he said, vaccinated people will only protect themselves.
However, according to A. Žvirblienė, it is possible to shorten the duration of isolation, because most of those infected do not spread the virus after 5-7 days.
“In 5-7 days, one person can infect others. The 14-day period is coverage because there is no guarantee,” explains the professor.
She believes that shorter isolation times can lead to more screening tests. “Nobody wants to sit in isolation and avoid control,” says A. Žvirblienė on the “Delfi diena” program.
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