Increase in Covid-19 on weekends in Lithuania and Estonia / Article / LSM.lv

In Estonia and Lithuania, the holidays became known for the rapid increase in the number of Covid-19 infections.

Lithuania on saturday, On September 19, 99 new cases of Covid-19 became known. Also on Sunday, September 20, the authorities informed that the situation did not improve and the coronavirus infection was confirmed in 80 people.

As a result, the total number of infections per week per 100 thousand inhabitants in Lithuania has increased to 23.7.

Similar trends have been observed in our second Baltic neighbor, Estonia, where 61 and 50 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the last two days, respectively.

In turn, the Covid-19 indicator per 100 thousand inhabitants in Estonia has exceeded 30.

At the same time, experts noted that the spread of Covid-19 in both countries is currently under control. In 85% of cases, specialists have identified the sources and contact persons of the infection and take all necessary prevention measures.

CONTEXT:

About the new coronavirus spread China informed the World Health Organization (WHO) late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, home to 11 million people. World Health Organization in March 2020 announcedthat Covid-19 has reached the level of a global pandemic.

A few months later, in the summer, there was a decline in the spread of the infection in Europe, which led to the lifting of a series of strict restrictions. However, in mid-September WHO warnedthat Europe will face an increase in Covid-19 coronavirus deaths in the autumn months.

In addition, in September Latvia was included in the “list of countries of self-isolation” by neighboring countries Estonia a Lithuania. True, self-isolation requirements exception established for the residents of the border towns of Valka and Valga.

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