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“We will work hard. We will see fixed and mobile checkpoints on the country’s roads, and the emphasis will be on gathering people in places related to winter pleasures,” said Renatas Požėla, Commissioner General of Police.
He added that there will be slightly more stationary checkpoints on weekends than on weekdays.
Mr. Pož saysla says that access to places where people tend to enjoy winter entertainment will also be restricted.
“In places where it is possible to restrict vehicle traffic, since there are an excessive number of cars in or near those places of interest, we will restrict access to those places simply for the safety of people and to prevent traffic violations.” said the police chief.
According to him, the police will continue to react to reports of meetings in “private spaces”, noise in them.
“We will work very hard, these are the main challenges of our weekend here,” said R. Požėla.
The cold challenge
On the weekend, the column of the thermometer can drop below 20 degrees below zero in some places and 10-15 degrees below zero in many places.
According to R. Požėla, this can have a positive impact on the work of officials, but the cold will also be an additional challenge in the performance of the duty to control movement.
“On the one hand, the cold is perhaps our ally, that there will be no need to regulate traffic flows and that there will not be so many people gathered in one place,” he said.
“On the other hand, it is a negative factor because it will be necessary to work in stationary outdoor workplaces. Here, the challenge will be the shoes and clothes that we have, an additional challenge for the health of the officers, because close to COVID-19 colds have not receded ”, he added.
According to the police, 144 officers are currently suffering from coronavirus and another 69 are in isolation.
Movement controls have been implemented between municipalities since mid-December to reduce the number of COVID-19 infections. The restriction runs until the end of January, but the government promises to review the restriction in the coming days.
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