Šimonytė will communicate with ministers on Saturday and a government meeting is scheduled for Sunday.



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As reported by the Government Press Service to the SNB, on Friday the Prime Minister attended a remote meeting with health experts and others on the first business day in the Government to discuss the situation with the management of the coronavirus.

Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will meet with ministers and prepare for the government meeting, which will take place on Sunday. It will address the problems of the pandemic, “the government press service told BNS.

I. Šimonytė said earlier this week that to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, it will be necessary to tighten quarantine conditions and promised to listen to the opinions of experts.

“Our goal for Christmas is to save as many lives as possible,” he said.

On Friday, the designated Health Minister, Arūnas Dulkys, announced that he wanted to isolate those who came into contact with people infected with COVID-19 in two days, the number of cases would not reach 200 per day and the proportion of positive tests would not exceed 5 percent, but on specific measures. achieve has not yet been mentioned.

In recent days, the number of newly diagnosed daily coronavirus infections has exceeded 3,000, and some 30 people have died in recent days. The outgoing government of Saulius Skvernelis has tightened quarantine conditions since the middle of this week, but the new government, including President Gitanas Nausėda, considers the decisions insufficient.

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