SAM: Coronavir will be tested more intensively this week in eleven municipalities



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The incidence rate in Lithuania is 3.5 cases per 100,000. population. Test volumes will increase in those municipalities where the incidence is greater than this indicator. Such a situation is in Širvintos (53.1), Vilnius district (26), Ignalina (13.9), Jonava (9.7), Klaipėda district (6.7), Vilnius city (6.2), Skuodas (6, 2), Ukmerg municipios municipalities (6), Švenčionys (4.4), Elektrėnai (4.2), Šakiai (3.7).
In the previous municipalities from June 15. until June 21. The staff of all treatment, care and nursing centers, with the exception of child care centers, will be prophylactically examined.

Patients treated in hospitals, as well as people treated in nursing and care centers in these eleven municipalities will be randomly examined. 5 to 10 percent will have to be tested per week. patients or residents at the facility at that time.

Other employees whose job details are related to customer service, such as those who work in pharmacies, stores, the municipalities mentioned above, will be randomly surveyed. Your registration will be made on the Corona hotline by phone 1808, people will have to go to the mobile points.

From June 1. Preventive tests in the country are carried out taking into account the epidemiological indicators of the municipality, in other words, after evaluating the risk in a particular municipality. It is expected that all people who develop at least one symptom of an acute respiratory infection, that is, and. temperature, cough, shortness of breath and more.

As before, people who will be referred by specialists from the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) who work in foci of infection will be studied, such as when a case is diagnosed in a dormitory-type home. In addition, tests will continue to be carried out to confirm that the person has already recovered, the so-called repeated tests.

This means that it will not be mandatory to evaluate all travelers arriving or returning from abroad without exception, as has been the case so far, but they will be able to verify if they wish.

Last week, the municipalities with a 14-day incidence of coronavirus infection counted 100,000. population, above the Lithuanian average, was eight.

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