Soldiers begin to perform the tasks of the National Center for Public Health



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The coordinator of the Center will work with 33 soldiers from the National Defense Volunteer Force, who will help carry out the tasks assigned in theory and practice, and will provide recommendations on the performance of internal work procedures.

According to the director of the National Center for Public Health, Robertas Petraitis, the Lithuanian Armed Forces currently have a vital need to continue to ensure high-quality epidemiological diagnoses in a timely manner as the number of cases increases.

“Currently, we focus on interviewing infected people and establishing their contacts to prevent the spread of infection. This is one of the top priorities of our professionals. We appreciate the help of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, we have no doubt that Your contribution will ensure that people who have had potentially risky contact are contacted more quickly and quickly, ”said R. Petraitis.

According to Rolanda Lingienė, Head of the Vilnius Department of the NVSC, Head of the NVSC Workers’ Union, currently each additional manpower to trace the chains of infection, identify the source of infection and isolate it, thus preventing further spread of infection, it has gold values.

In total, the NVSC intends to use about 100 troops to help.

On Friday, a record number of coronavirus cases was recorded in Lithuania: 442, a total of 9,104 cases of the COVID-19 disease have already been confirmed in the country, 4,956 people are still sick and 3,978 have recovered.



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