Information about COVID-19

Information updated at 11:00, 5 April 2022.

Prevention Measures and Actions against Coronavirus at Vytautas Magnus University

We would like to inform you that, starting from 1 March, we are returning to lecture rooms and the entire study process, including lectures, work in laboratory and practice, will be conducted face-to-face. Only the subjects that are intended to be studied remotely and have been specified as such in the schedule will continue to be conducted online.

While visiting the university’s premises, we kindly recommend to wear a medical mask or respirator in the common areas of the university and when there is more than one person in the room, keep a safe physical distance, wash hands regularly and, and if you must self-isolate or feel symptoms of a cold and other infectious diseases, stay home.

In accordance with the Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of February 2, 2022, the mandatory National Certificate requirement is no longer required in Lithuania as of February 5, 2022:

The mandatory periodic preventive testing of Vytautas Magnus University employees shall be revoked.
The Covid-19 or PCR testing certificate is no longer required for contact learning at Vytautas Magnus University.

We will provide you with any changes in the current information or Government decisions. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to address your faculty and ICD coordinator.

Vaccination possibilities in Lithuania

Regarding self-isolation

From 23 February self-isolation remain mandatory only for those that have tested positive through PCR or antigen test or are suspected of having COVID-19 pending a confirmatory COVID-19 test result. There will be no need to self-isolate after the exposure to COVID-19, but it will still be recommended to work from home, observe health status, take rapid antigen self-tests, avoid physical contact with others, and wear respirators or medical masks. More.

PCR test for all persons who had contact with individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 disease is done for free, with the state funding, in all mobile points. You can register for the test online at 1808.lt or by calling 1808.

Travelling

Information for arrivals from abroad

Self-isolation and testing exemptions

All inquiries by the employees regarding business trips shall be directed to the Human Resources Department (Eglė Šiugždienė, phone +370 327 885, egle.siugzdiene@vdu.lt); all those leaving under international exchange programmes shall contact the International Cooperation Department (Konstantinas Kurževas, phone +370 37 327 987, e-mail konstantinas.kurzevas@vdu.lt).
The International Cooperation Department consults international students on issues related to COVID-19: arrival@vdu.lt

Dormitory restrictions

The following restrictions will remain in place in order to prevent possible spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and it will be lifted by a separate order:

students will not be accommodated in the guests rooms for a short-term period (up to 30 days)
suspension of all new guest-room reservations, made by current residents, shall remain in effect (such reservations will be canceled).

The dormitory residents are not allowed to receive guests (this procedure is valid until further notice). We please students, who are currently living in the dormitories of VMU: not to gather in the dormitory; not to organize activities or gatherings in rooms or in the common areas of the dormitory, such as kitchens, smoking rooms, etc. (in case of failure to comply with this restriction, University keeps the right to impose disciplinary penalties). Other recommendations also remain in place:

In order to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) within the dormitory, all students who have been diagnosed with coronavirus (COVID-19) or have come into contact with such people and live in the dormitory must immediately contact dormitory’s administrator and be isolated for the incubation period in accordance with the procedure specified by the dormitory’s administration (in case of failure to comply with this order, University keeps the right to impose disciplinary penalties and notify law enforcement authorities).

Also in response to the increasingly complicated situation in Lithuania due to the risk of COVID-19, based on the recommendations by the Minister of Education, Science, and Sports, the Minister of Health, and the state-level emergency operations manager, as well as the Rector‘s order dated on October 23rd, 2020, „Regarding the Remote Implementation of the Study Process“, we want to inform that from October 30th, 2020, students who are moving out of the dormitory will have a right to keep their place of residence reserved for their return. Places of residence will remain reserved until the date of receiving student’s request to return to live in the dormitory; until the date of formal decision to resume studies in the auditoriums; or until the date of Rector’s order which would revoke this decision.

More information.

Requirements and recommendations for students moving into dormitories

We kindly ask our students, who are returning or moving into the dormitory for a first time, to be reasonable and socially responsible:

Send your travel tickets by the e-mail arrival@vdu.lt and fill-out the online arrival registration form at least one week before the arrival; and register at National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health by filling in an electronic form on https://keleiviams.nvsc.lt/en/form;
Follow instructions of administrative staff members of Vytautas Magnus University;
Isolate yourself in the dormitory room allocated by Vytautas Magnus University and follow mandatory conditions of self-isolation.

IMPORTANT: if you have done a COVID-19 test and have a positive answer, please immediately contact administrator of the dormitory where you are living in (regardless of where you are isolated).

Upon your arrival (moving), at the dormitory’s Administration you shall:

when entering the building use the hand sanitizer at the entrance;
check your body temperature;
sincerely answer questions of the Administrator of Dormitory. Monitor the list of countries effected by coronavirus (COVID-19) regularly and inform dormitory’s administration immediately if you are returning from one them;
follow recommendations for COVID-19 prevention in the dormitories of VMU (if you do not need to isolate yourself).

For any questions, please contact VMU at studentas@vdu.lt or (8 37) 751 175.

Support Fund for Students Affected by COVID-19 Outbreak

Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) is providing support for students who are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. A special fund has been set up for this purpose.

The fund aims to support University students and their families who are experiencing financial difficulties due to quarantine. The amount of support currently available in the fund is 100,000 euros.

The financial support for students shall be provided from the University’s own funds or funds raised by legal entities or student support funds as well as from the 2% previously allocated personal income tax.

More information is available here

Vytautas Magnus University administration receives numerous student inquiries regarding the study process. The following information provides answers to the most frequently asked questions related to the Government’s decisions regarding the organization of the study process:

Contacts

If you have any questions regarding the changes in the study organisation process at VMU in relation to COVID-19, please submit them to the email emergency@vdu.lt.

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