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Kęstutis Petrikonis, representative of the Health Council experts and professor at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, says that in September the Health Expert Council intends to propose the release of some pandemic measures.
According to the professor, large vaccinated groups could switch to a freer regimen first.
“We plan to talk about special areas where people can feel safe, initially large institutions, where more than 90% have been vaccinated, these are universities,” K. Petrikonis told Lithuanian Radio on Monday.
“Seeing the situation in higher education as a pandemic changes, maybe if there was a possibility that certain regions, a community where the mayors worked hard, could look for ways to liberate life there, within a region or district,” he said a spokesperson for the Council of Health Experts.
In the last two days, 2,199 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania. The number of new diseases in the country in 14 days is 100,000. population increased to 476.2 cases, the proportion of seven-day positive diagnostic tests adhered to about 6 percent.
In the country, at least one dose of COVID-19 has been vaccinated against 1 million people. 721 thousand 361 people, fully vaccinated: 1 million. 596 thousand 471 people.
The potentially immune population is 63.4 percent.
Most of the chimneys are etched in educational institutions, but there will be no rush to close them.
Currently, most active coronavirus outbreaks are in schools, but there will be no rush to close them this fall, says Giedrė Aleksienė, acting director of the National Center for Public Health.
“Currently, the highest number of chimneys is registered in educational institutions, for example, 129 chimneys were identified in educational institutions last week, while in the manufacturing sector – 18, in services – seven, in commerce – four. Since this weekend of Friday, we have also registered 48 chimneys in educational institutions, 40 of them in primary and secondary education, only eight were in preschool educational institutions, ”G. Aleksienė told Radio Lituana in an interview on Monday.
When asked if the rapid spread of the virus in schools will lead to the transition to distance education, G. Aleksienė said that the closure of schools will not be rushed, because the situation has changed compared to spring.
“We will not be in a hurry to close schools this fall, the situation has changed compared to spring, there are many students vaccinated from the age of 12, for example, about 30% of children aged 12 to 15 have been vaccinated, and people over the age of 16 are already vaccinated, about 60 percent. Also, some of them are sick, so we will not offer to close classes completely when a sick student is identified in the school. class, “said the director of the NVSC.
He also confirmed that it was planned to reduce the isolation period from 14 to 10 days after close contact with a person infected with COVID-19.
“It is planned to shorten it to 10 days, because the delta strain that is currently widespread, its incubation period is shorter and people infected with it get sick faster, the incubation period itself is shortened by the virus “said G. Aleksienė.
