BNS: Tuesday’s highlights 15min.lt

Coronavirus situation:

* Five people died from coronavirus per day in Lithuania. They were over 60 years old and suffered from chronic diseases. 202 cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed per day.

* President Gitanas Nausėda, who visited the National Center for Public Health, asked for more funds for the center’s activities in next year’s budget. The head of state also proposed “bringing together a broader team of scientists” to make recommendations to the authorities and the public on the management of a pandemic.

* The Irish Prime Minister has announced that the country will be the first country in the European Union to return quarantine. The six-week restrictions go into effect at midnight on Wednesday. During that period, non-essential shops, bars and restaurants will be closed. Only employees of essential companies and services will be able to go to work. Residents will be able to go outside for exercise within a five kilometer radius of their home. The schools will continue to function.

* British researchers are launching a study to find out how people get infected with the coronavirus. Researchers will examine the potential for exposure of healthy young volunteers to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. “In this initial phase, the goal will be to find the minimum amount of virus necessary for COVID-19 to occur,” said Imperial College London.

* US President Donald Trump has cursed Anthony Fauci, the government’s top medical adviser in medicine. “People are tired of COVID. People say,” Do whatever you want, leave us alone. “They are tired of it.” People are tired of listening to Fauci and all those idiots, “Trump said in conversation. campaign staff. Almost 220,000 have died from COVID-19 in the United States to date. People. Since the start of the pandemic, A. Fauci has repeatedly reviewed D. Trump’s comments on drugs and COVID-19 vaccines in development.

Budget consideration. Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka presented the draft budget for next year to the Seimas. It stipulates that the deficit of the public administrations should reach 5% next year. gross domestic product. Šapoka said the budget would take care of the most vulnerable members of society as child money, minimum wages and pensions increased, and the investment plan would “accelerate the transformation of the country’s economy,” focusing on the science, innovation, digitization and going green. The minister said that due to the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis, unnecessary spending is being frozen to stabilize the size of the debt. Ingrida Šimonytė, representative of the opposition conservatives, says that the budget deficit is impressive and that there is “financial adventurism” in the economic stimulus plan. In the coming weeks, the budget will be discussed by the Seimas committees, and will finally be approved by the new parliament in December.

Electoral participation. On the first day of early voting in the second round of the Seimas elections, 27 thousand voted. 630 or 1.20 percent. voters. That’s twice as much as during the first round. Early voting in the second round of the Seimas elections began on Monday and will last until Thursday.

Support from D. Grybauskaitė. President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who voted in advance, criticized the ruling people and indirectly expressed her support for the right wing. “(I voted) for the same as in the first round, but I did not really vote for those who for four years dedicated themselves solely to the search and prohibition of sick enemies,” D. Grybauskaitė told reporters. In the Nemenčinė constituency, he had to choose between Rita Tamašunienė, candidate for the Polish election campaign from Lithuania, the Union of Christian Families and the conservative Justas Džiugelis.

United States claims. The United States has accused six members of the Russian military intelligence agency GRU of cyberattacks. The accusations include attempts to disrupt the French presidential elections, the 2018 Winter Olympics and damage Ukraine’s power grid. None of the suspected Russians have been detained. The Kremlin says these accusations are unfounded.

Repression in Belarus. A Minsk court loyal to the Belarusian regime has declared the main opposition channel Nexta on the Telegram correspondent platform and its logo an extremist. Following this decision, the government can take steps to restrict access to this channel. Alexander Lukashenko, for his part, threatened to discover and prosecute all the protesters. “It just came to our attention then. With modern means it is possible to do that …”, threatened the president, who is not recognized by the West. The opposition leader, Sviatlana Cichanouskaya, for her part, has promised to free the women. power structures of the country of frustration in the future, as long as they pass to the “people’s side” before the weekend.

Huawei. Sweden has banned the use of equipment by Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE on the country’s 5G networks for security reasons. Huawei and ZTE will be required to retire all existing equipment before January 1, 2025.

Visa-free regime. Israel and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to a visa-free regime for each other’s citizens. The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country whose citizens would not need visas to enter a Jewish state.

Mute microphones. The US Presidential Debate Committee has announced that it will turn off the microphones of President Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden at a time when they will not answer questions during their last appearance. Each candidate will have two minutes to answer the questions of the debate moderator. During that time, the opponent’s microphone will be muted. At the end of the two minute response, there will be an open discussion, during which the microphones of both participants will be turned on. During the September debate, Trump interrupted Biden for the 71st time, and Biden did so 22 times. The debate will take place Thursday at the Tennessee State Center in Nashville.