Šimonytė still cannot say how we will meet in the summer: I would not dare to say specific dates

“Everything seems to be based on such elementary logic. How much sooner could we promote the possibilities of municipalities, say, to operate more freely than that of Lithuania as a whole? Probably a few days. And it must be said that overestimating all municipalities in terms of how we score at the national level not only in terms of the number of cases per 100,000, but also in terms of the volume of positive tests of all tests carried out, those municipalities that could now qualify for a freer regime it is already yellow, in fact, not even on the fingers of one hand.

This means that the scope of municipal testing has yet to increase strong enough for those who will make decisions this week, ”he said.

Prevention of increased mobility

The Prime Minister also assured that when thinking about the liberalization of businesses and activities, priority will be given to those activities that do not pose a risk of increased mobility.

“When we talk about specific activities, however, I think there should be greater liberalization in those activities in the municipalities that do not pose a mobility risk. And when we talk about the kinds of activities that get people moving, maybe fewer people moving because of the hairdressers, but shopping can really move. It’s better to make that decision on a national scale, ”explained I. Šimonytė on the show.

According to her, the objective is to prevent people from moving from one municipality to another for purchases or similar things.

“The facilities for individual municipalities are in process, they will be considered, we can talk about groups so that children or families can communicate more freely in the municipalities, but they must be local things where the municipality can really take care of that greater activity.” ,” She explained.

Movement restrictions

The head of government said that so far it makes no sense to change the traffic restrictions and keep them in force only in certain municipalities that have become “centers of attraction”, including spas.

“I think we can talk about when the map of Lithuania will look a little different, now we have several municipalities, or one more municipality that is turning yellow. The rest of the municipalities, which are almost universally red, are obviously not talking about now. people detained and not going somewhere specifically. We still have to detain people from moving more than necessary. But I think it is a matter of weeks when most of Lithuania will turn yellow, then that will have to be changed. tactic, ”Prime Minister I. Šimonytė said on the program.

The prime minister said she could not yet say a specific date when elementary and high school students could return to schools.

“It takes preparation, trying other test schemes. Because we are talking about children and a certain mass. We are preparing intensively for this, SAM, I think we are preparing for that too. I think after the holidays (students, aut. P .) we will be able to talk in stages about the return of students to schools, “he promised.

What will summer be like?

The head of government said he could not guarantee that we would meet in the summer without quarantine.

“It just came to our knowledge then. (…) But if we are talking about June 1, then I don’t know if it will really be possible to organize events for any number of people in a closed space that day. Due to the large concentrations of people, where it is closed, I definitely would not dare to say specific dates in which it will be possible to do these things without feeling any risk ”, he said in the program” Delfi Day “.

I. Šimonytė said he hoped something “unforeseen” would not happen.

“Obviously, during all this time, if something unforeseen happens, and we see from the experience of other countries that it happens. And the biggest risk factor is virus strains. We would like to hope to reduce the number of cases in a controlled way, we will try to manage the situation with exhaustive tests until the vaccine is large enough ”, said the Head of Government I. Šimonytė.

“If the situation unintentionally worsens, for example a nasty variety spreads in Lithuania, it is regrettable, but we should go back to tightening the quarantine conditions. As I really want to avoid it, the Government must move very carefully towards the releases,” he explained I. Šimonytė.