Gytis Pankūnas, LRT.lt2020.12.28 13:35
A woman wearing a facemask in Vilnius / J. Stacevičius/LRT
The new more infectious mutation of the coronavirus from the UK has not been detected in Lithuania yet, researchers said after a Vilnius hospital chief suggested that several patients might have it.
Scientists at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) said on Monday afternoon that the dominant strain of the virus in the country is one that had been first identified in Spain in early summer. Meanwhile the British mutation, which is said to be 70 percent more infectious, has not been detected in Lithuania yet, according to the LSMU s press release