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Coronavirus situation:
* A new register of coronavirus cases was confirmed in Lithuania: 442 new cases were detected per day, one person died, a resident of Šiauliai County, he was over 80 years old. Several dozen soldiers have started working at the National Center for Public Health, helping health professionals interview interviewees to trace contacts.
* Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says that most large municipalities will be included in the so-called red list of municipalities starting next week, and quarantine may be announced in them. The list of municipalities should be published on Friday evening.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Aurelijus Veryga
* In response to the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the country, Vilnius, Vytautas Magnus and Mykolas Romeris universities will work remotely starting next Monday.
* According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the incidence of COVID-19 in Lithuania is 108.7 cases per 100,000 cases. population. In neighboring Latvia this indicator is 82.7, in Poland – 271.5. The highest morbidity is registered in the Czech Republic, it reaches 1148.5.
* A record increase in morbidity was recorded in neighboring Poland and Latvia, where 13,632 and 250 new cases were confirmed per day, respectively.
* In Poland, sports clubs will be closed from Saturday and restaurants and cafes can only offer take away food Meetings are limited to five people.
* Slovakia enters a curfew at night from 1 pm to 5 o’clock, you can move at other times of the day only for one important reason: go to the doctor, go to the doctor for work. In several areas where the epidemiological situation is worse, residents who wish to leave their home on that day will need to have a certificate that their COVID-19 test is negative.
* The French economy and finance minister warned that the country’s economy could contract again in the last quarter due to new restrictions imposed by the government. “We risk seeing a negative growth rate in the fourth quarter,” Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a radio interview.
Judicial verdict. The Lithuanian Court of Appeal found President Rolandas Paksas and the head of the Lietuvos Rytas media group, Gedvydas Vainauskas, guilty of the impact of trade when they tried to influence the Environment Ministry in 2015 to legalize the Norfa shopping center in Prienai. R. Paksas received a sentence of probation of three years in prison and G. Vainauskas, 26.3 thousand. a fine of EUR. The businessman Antanas Juozas Zabulis, accused in the case, was acquitted of the charges against him. The Court of First Instance acquitted the three defendants.
Electoral participation. During the four days of early voting in the second round of the Seimas elections, 169 thousand people expressed their will. 616 or 7.34 percent. voters. In the first round, slightly more people voted upfront: 7.39 percent. voters. Meanwhile, in 2016, there were 2.88 percent of those who voted early, but then the early voting took place two days instead of four as now.
Photo by Luke April / 15min / Last moments of early voting
Protests in Poland. Following a ruling by the Polish Constitutional Court that the law allowing abortions in cases of fetal malformations is unconstitutional, a demonstration of several hundred people took place in the country’s capital. The Constitutional Court’s decision paved the way for tougher abortion laws in this Catholic state, which remains one of the strictest in Europe.
United States elections. US President Donald Trump and his election rival Joe Biden held their last debate in Lithuanian time on Friday morning. His atmosphere was more polite than during the first discussion last month. The two rivals accused each other of non-transparent activities: Trump raised questions about Biden’s son’s activities in China and Ukraine, and Biden recalled reports about Trump’s bank account in China and the refusal to disclose his tax returns. The Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis was also discussed in the debate. Observers say this debate is unlikely to have a major impact on voter choice.
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