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However, a ministry spokesperson admits that according to experts’ forecasts, students are likely to return to schools only in the spring.
“If the whole set of measures that are now in force does not change due to the quarantine restrictions: movement between municipalities, distance education, experts see 25 percent. During the week they fall, very fast, as was the But with such an acceleration of the decline, it is realistic to reach about 200 and fewer cases per day in the first days of March, if nobody moves, “said A. Aldakauskas.
“This means that in 200 cases and less it is already possible to control the situation by finding out all the contacts. That is what was done in September, in October,” he added.
A ministry spokesman did not hide the fact that in particular elementary, preschool and high school graduates were expected to contact education again from February, but said the Health Ministry’s forecasts were less optimistic.
“Unfortunately, what the Ministry of Health is providing is now undergoing a two-week change from mid-February, but there is more focus on indicators. If the indicators deteriorate, this date may move to March 1 and beyond. For example, experts predict that easing restrictions would cut that acceleration in half to 10 percent. the fall would remain, the required result, 200 cases and less per day, can be achieved only in May ”, said A. Aldakauskas.
“The forecasts are quite complicated, depending on the situation we have. There is a lot of desire, but experts see that education is one of the factors that contributes the most to dissemination, “he added.
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