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Coronavirus situation:
* 36 new cases of coronavirus were detected per day, 17 of them related to outbreaks, 10 people were infected after contact with a known patient, the circumstances of six infections are unknown, three cases are imported. Coronavirus has been detected in two officials from the Raseiniai Police Station, six of their colleagues are in self-isolation. Five new cases have been identified in Latvia, 15 in Estonia, 506 in Poland and more than 5.3 thousand in Russia.
* The country has the highest incidence of coronavirus to date, but a mild form of the disease is prevalent, according to health professionals. “Currently, people suffer from very mild forms and the absolute majority of them are not treated in inpatient health care institutions, but on an outpatient basis,” says Rolanda Lingienė, director of the Vilnius Department of the National Center for Public Health.
* Coronavirus was detected in a total of 21 educational institutions and 318 people were isolated as a result. There are 18 students and seven employees of educational institutions, three of whom are teachers. “I want to urge not to panic, for this the educational institutions had to prepare procedures to separate the flows and they are necessary so that the entire educational institution does not have to be excluded from distance education, so that children have access to face-to-face lessons, ”says Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga.
* Lithuania offers Latvia and Estonia to raise a poster in the so-called Baltic bubble, when those who arrive due to the spread of the coronavirus in the country need self-isolation. Lithuania proposes that the cartel be raised to 25 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 16 cases in two weeks.
* The Minister has authorized the organization of mass tests for rapid coronavirus tests by statutory officials, including the Security Guard Service, officials of the Government Chancellery, the Ministry of Agriculture and subordinate institutions. Mr. Veryga said that the possibility of conducting research was requested by the institutions themselves, and others could do the same.
Situation in Belarus:
* Maryja Kalesnikava, member of the Presidium of the Belarusian Opposition Coordination Council, wrote a statement to the Belarus Investigative Committee requesting that lawsuits be brought against the detained force officers, who allegedly threatened to kill her and imprison her for a long time. “It has been said that if I do not leave the territory of the Republic of Belarus voluntarily, I will still be deported – alive or in parts,” she said in a statement.
* Belarusian authoritarian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko introduced a new attorney general, Andrei Swede, on Thursday. He stressed that he will not give up power and asked “people with braces” not to extradite him.
* A total of 37 people were arrested in unauthorized protests in Belarus on Wednesday, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
* The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian State Duma, Leonid Sluckis, stated that the resolution adopted by the Lithuanian Seimas calling on the international community to respond to the events in Belarus and prevent Russia from leading the country’s policy is interference in the internal affairs of Belarus.
The last session of this Seimas. The last session of the Seimas of this legislature has begun: on the occasion of its beginning, both the president of the Seimas and the president urged the parliamentarians not to get involved in the electoral struggles. “A month or two is a long time when we talk about the life of a country seeking change. We cannot lose it in the electoral battalions, “said President Gitanas Nausėda in his congratulatory message. In the parliamentary elections in October, 95% will run. current parliamentarians.
Candidate lists. The Central Electoral Commission approved the lists of candidates in the elections. 1,755 candidates will compete for 141 seats, details of which will be released on Friday.
Suicide curve. The suicide decline curve observed in Lithuania since 2013 has not changed during the quarantine restrictions applied by the coronavirus pandemic, but psychologists warn that the consequences of the pandemic on the psychological condition of people may become apparent later on.
Visit of the President of France. According to BNS sources, French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Lithuania from September 28 to 29.
Protection for A. Navalns. The Berlin police are reinforcing protection for Russian opposition figure Alexei Navaln, who is being treated here following an alleged poisoning. Local media announce that her condition is improving. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there was a high probability that high-ranking officials in Moscow had ordered the Navalna poisoning. The Kremlin, meanwhile, says there is no legal basis for prosecuting the opposition’s poisoning, as tests by Russian specialists have shown the absence of toxic substances and they categorically deny any involvement of Russian officials in the incident.
Deaths from coronavirus. The number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the world has exceeded 900,000. US President Donald Trump acknowledged that he had done everything possible to mitigate the threat of COVID-19 in the wake of the pandemic. “I still like to put him down because I don’t want to panic,” Trump said in a recorded conversation.
Forest fires in the United States. Giant fires continue in the western United States, destroying hundreds of homes, including entire settlements, killing at least six people, including a one-year-old child. The number of victims is expected to increase.
Gaisras Beirut. A major fire broke out in the port of Beirut, which was hit by a massive explosion last month. In the Lebanese capital, black smoke rises into the sky and a warehouse with motor oil and tires is on fire, according to available data.
Destruction of nature. In less than 50 years, the world’s mammal, bird and fish populations have been reduced by more than two-thirds due to overconsumption, three-quarters of all land and 40 percent of all land. all the oceans, and the accelerating destruction of nature is likely to have indescribable consequences for our health and our livelihoods, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Zoological Society of London.
Facebook data. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has asked the country-based Facebook to stop transferring data from European consumers to the United States. Facebook may need to restructure its operations or at least stop serving Europeans for a while.
Interest rates. The European Central Bank has left key interest rates unchanged, and the main refinance rate remains at 0%.
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