The coronavirus is spreading in the motorized infantry battalion of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Kęstutis. So far, there are no sick residents in the Tauragė district, but several soldiers working in the battalion had returned to their families after the event.

On August 21 a solemn oath of soldiers was carried out in the Kęstutis Motorized Infantry Battalion. Not only the soldiers of the battalion participated, but also their relatives from all over Lithuania. However, the news is not satisfactory today: at the meeting of the Tauragė Emergency Situations Commission convened in the afternoon, Gilma Masiulionienė, Director of the Tauragė Department of the National Center for Public Health, announced that 17 primary and professional military soldiers infected with coronavirus were registered in this battalion. According to the weekend, 8 infected people were registered in the battalion. Currently, the investigation of the chimney is being carried out intensively, contacts are being established. Patients and people in close contact are isolated. Battalion facilities were disinfected and the health of the soldiers is monitored.

Although there are no residents of the Tauragė district among the sick soldiers, there are concerns about the spread of the coronavirus in the district. Modestas Petraitis, president of the Tauragė Emergency Situations Commission and director of the Municipal Administration, was interested in what assistance the municipality can provide to the battalion, but a response from the battalion is expected tomorrow, as the Center for Municipal Emergency Operations.

According to data from August 31, there are currently 967 people with coronavirus in Lithuania.

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In the afternoon, a message appeared on the Lithuanian Armed Forces Facebook page stating that the 17 infected soldiers were isolated according to all the rules. Soldiers who had close contact with the sick were also isolated. All are supervised, receive supplies and medical care, do not participate in exercises.

It is also announced that the relatives of the soldiers cannot enter the battalion. However, they can deliver packages. Relatives of the patients were informed about the disease by telephone. As reported, missed calls can make breathing easier.