Visitors to cafes, bars, restaurants and entertainment venues will need to register in advance



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The Cabinet of Ministers has agreed that as of Monday, October 26, activities will be carried out in places of recreation and entertainment, public catering establishments, restaurants, cafes, bars, discos, gambling houses when the registration of all visitors is assured.

The opening hours of these locations are limited from 7 am to midnight.

“It is proposed to introduce mandatory visitor registration. It will ensure traceability in case of illnesses,” said Rita Tamašunienė, Minister of the Interior.

Exceptions will apply when food is delivered to go or otherwise. Likewise, when catering services are provided to employees of companies, institutions or organizations where shift work is carried out, in the territories and / or premises of these companies, institutions or organizations.

Help track contacts

This measure, as announced in the Government Resolution, aims to facilitate the traceability of contact persons and their isolation.

“Experience has shown that insufficient measures make contact tracing very difficult in hangouts, especially bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues that attract large flows of visitors, leading to a lengthy epidemiological investigation process and a burden particularly greater workload for researchers. This measure will allow a better identification of the contagion chain and organization of the epidemiological investigation process, “the document reads.

It is emphasized that betting and betting points should be included in the additional regulation of the provision of services, leisure activities and organization of events.

“They should also be subject to flow management, safe distance, and other necessary measures established by the operations manager to prevent the spread of disease in these areas,” the letter says.

The changes will take effect in 2020. October 26

Record number of infected

According to the latest data, last day the number of new cases of Covid-19 was recorded: 311, and two more people died. The disease was diagnosed in a total of 8,239 people, 4,483 are still ill and 3,599 have recovered.

A total of 120 people have died since Covid-19, and 37 people have been infected from other causes. There are currently 31,000 in isolation. 859 people. As of June 1, 359 import cases had been registered in Lithuania.

In Lithuanian hospitals, 245 people are treated for COVID-19, 21 of them in resuscitation.



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