The pilot project at the Vilnius school will start one week after COVID-19 tests



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According to him, “the majority” of the school community agrees to participate in the project, and next week it is planned to carry out coronavirus tests through a cumulative test, that is, immediately analyzing samples from the student’s entire family.

“Tests are likely to take place during student vacations if they can be arranged if they are not away. The training itself could start after the holidays. Parents will be informed by a short message that it is time to take the test, ”K. Vaitkevičius told BNS.

He stressed that the school vacation schedule will not change, families will be evaluated every ten days, and students must continue to be in contact with teaching at all times.

“The situation will be monitored, all the requirements will be met so that student flows do not mix, classes will be separated, there will be lessons on separate floors,” said the mayor’s representative.

The pilot project was approved by the Government on Friday: the Municipality of Vilnius was allowed to carry out preventive examinations of the main families and employees of the Duke of Vilnius Gediminas Progymnasium for two selected weeks in February-March.

Povilas Poderskis, director of the municipal administration, says that currently about 300 families are expected to participate in the experiment.

“Around 300 households will be surveyed. Of course, the investigation is voluntary, so there may be less. But we will be able to do the tests from today if the decisions are made in the Government. What we will not be able to do next week , but we will not have to do, it is contact education. For that, the government’s resolution will have to be changed next week, “said Podersky.

He also confirmed that testing is expected to be completed next week. The head of administration says more details of the project should be clarified next week.

According to the same principle, it is allowed to investigate employees of selected Vilnius municipal companies who work in contact form.

K. Vaitkevičius says that companies are still being talked about, the experiment will be carried out only in some of them.

“This means that people who work in contact working on the same teams can run tests at the same time. We are preparing for this, we are talking to companies now and we may announce in the near future which companies are most at risk, for whom it would be better to do so. The principle is to evaluate if it works well, because it is new enough, “he said.

Podersky said that around 50 groups of employees, mostly from companies dealing with the city’s critical infrastructure, emergency response will be investigated.

“Yes, this is Grinda’s emergency service, the drivers, the brigades that work together, as well as the emergency service of the Vilnius heating networks and the brigades that work together, Vilniaus Vandenys, we are also thinking about the employees from the lighting network (…), public transport company, “he said.

“There would be about 50 groups in total, not a very large number, but it will help to review the processes, avoid the chimneys, if there are. Because in such an infrastructure, if, say, something is interrupted, our cozy and lovely work from home it would also be interrupted, which we really do not want, “said the head of the municipal administration.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys said on Friday that if this pilot project is successful, it could be applied more widely across the country.

According to the Prime Minister, the accumulation of cumulative evidence would significantly increase the scope of the investigation.

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