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According to Lithuanian chief epidemiologist Loreta Ašoklienė, these changes are now being coordinated.
“The arguments are simple, due to the spread of the delta variety. We see that it is the unvaccinated people who are sick, and our goal is to strengthen follow-up, supervision so that cases can be clarified and managed as quickly as possible simply to strengthen the follow-up due to the spread of new dangerous cases, ”said L. Ašoklienė.
The draft government resolution establishes that such an obligation would be introduced for people who are engaged in international freight transport, public transport and passenger transport activities, who organize and carry out leisure and entertainment services, that is, events .
The list would also include catering activities and employees dedicated to retail and public administration.
L. Ašoklienė emphasized that the list includes, among others, cafes, bar employees, store cashiers, when they have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and have not contracted the disease.
Currently, the obligation to periodically conduct tests is established for employees of personal health care, nursing and care institutions, educational service providers, including summer camps for children.
In Lithuania, the indicator of new cases in 14 days is 100 thousand. The population has recently declined to 16 cases, but epidemiologists in Europe and around the world fear a possible fourth wave of the spread of a more contagious and dangerous strain of the delta coronavirus.
The National Center for Public Health claims that the internal spread of the delta coronavirus strain is already being observed in Lithuania. Previously, only imported cases were recorded; According to last week’s data, 23 such cases were confirmed in Lithuania.
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