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On Friday evening, the Health Ministry announced that it would immediately include the Tauragė district in the red zone, and the government will decide on the local quarantine on Wednesday.
From Monday to November 8, 13 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone: Tauragė district, Prienai district, Rietavas municipality, Šalčininkai district, Šiauliai city, Šilutė district, Utena district, Varėna district, Kaunas district, Mažeikiai district, Molėtai district, Palanžga districts and Panevė municipalities. Depending on the situation, local quarantine will be decided.
This week, not only in Tauragė county, but also in the district, the number of people infected with coronavirus increased significantly. The outbreaks are registered at the Tauragė Hospital and the Grand Duke Kęstutis Motorized Battalion of Lithuania, which had already become the focus of the coronavirus a few weeks ago. Today, not only recruits, but also professional soldiers are affected by the coronavirus in the battalion. According to today’s data, three cases of coronavirus were recorded in schools in the Tauragė district: Skaudvilė and Žalgiriai gymnasiums and Martynas Mažvydas progymnasium.
The Ministry of Health reports that decisions on the announcement of quarantine in specific municipalities are made on Wednesdays at a government meeting.
Currently, 34 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone, 21 in the yellow zone and 5 in the green zone.
Local quarantines have already been announced in 21 municipalities: Elektrėnai, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kelmė district, Klaipėda district, Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Skuodas district, Šiauliai district, Švenčionys district, Kaunas city, Klaiplda city, In the municipalities of Širvintos district, Telšiai district, Trakai district, Vilnius city, Vilnius district and Raseiniai district.
The green zone means that the risk of coronavirus in participating municipalities is low, and no additional restrictions are required for municipalities that meet this criteria. The green zone includes municipalities with a morbidity of less than 25 cases per 100,000. the proportion of population and positive surveys per week is less than 4%.
The yellow zone means that municipalities within it must be prepared and responsibly follow the recommendations of public health experts to control the further spread of the coronavirus. The yellow zone includes the municipalities where the incidence does not exceed 50 cases per 100,000. population, and the proportion of positive tests is equal to or greater than 4%, or the incidence is 25-150 cases per 100 thousand. less than 4% of the population tested positive.
The red zone includes those municipalities where morbidity exceeds 50 cases per 100,000. population, the proportion of positive tests – 4 percent. and more, and the proportion of cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30 percent. or more per week, or those with a morbidity greater than 150 cases per 100,000. the proportion of population and cases not related to outbreaks or outbreaks is 30%. or more per week, that is, at least 10 cases per week must be registered with the municipality.
Municipalities are evaluated according to three criteria: a 14-day morbidity rate of 100,000. the percentage of the population that tested positive among all tests performed within 7 days and the percentage of non-outbreak or outbreak-related cases within 7 days.
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