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“I just want to announce in advance that the situation is really very difficult, and that we are in 2021. We can open faster, get out faster and enjoy life, difficult decisions will be needed. We just have to be prepared for that,” said the minister .
She said that “concrete answers will emerge very soon,” a government meeting is scheduled for Sunday.
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When asked if stricter measures could mean a complete shutdown, A. Armonaitė assured that “healthy people are in the business interest.”
And the business interest is the opportunity to open as soon as possible next year: to open the country, bars, galleries, everything. In order for us to do this faster next year, we need to reduce the number of illnesses and deaths today. Now the situation is out of control, ”the minister said on Saturday.
During the last day 3303 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania, 27 people died from COVID-19, the Department of Statistics reported on Saturday.
Discussed the budget
A. Armonaitė assured that there are no funds planned to support companies in the current draft budget.
“We are planning a budget, it is very important to provide funds to help companies that have been quarantined and covid. I can say that exactly zero for those measures was planned in the economic and innovation budget for next year, ”said A. Armonaitė.
According to the minister, she and Prime Minister I. Šimonytė have found funds for this, but the exact amount will be indicated later. According to A.Armonaitė, the grants will be allocated to companies whose turnover has decreased by at least 30%, and it is also planned to allocate more funds for loans.
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“It just came to our attention then. But nothing was foreseen. We would like to provide more funds for loans and maybe we can implement further measures,” said A. Armonaitė.
The outgoing government has established subsidies for companies affected by quarantine restrictions of up to 25 percent. It paid the personal income tax (PIT) last year and would allocate about 150 million. euros.
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