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Quarantine mitigation. Government members have tentatively agreed that non-grocery stores with a separate entrance and outdoor vendors and hair salons could open starting next Monday, but the final decision is scheduled for Wednesday. These decisions will be made throughout the country, without excluding individual municipalities. Employees will be screened before starting work, and the government will reimburse small and medium-sized companies for the cost of testing, which is set at $ 30 million. euros. Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė says decisions about returning students to schools will be made “in the coming weeks.”
A decision on further liberalization in individual municipalities has yet to be made, and the situation is expected to be discussed after updated data is released on Thursday. At the local level, bans that do not encourage people’s mobility could be relaxed. To reduce the risk of spreading new coronavirus mutations, the screening of foreign passengers arriving in Lithuania at the airports and the port of Klaipeda has been intensified since Monday morning.
Photo from 123RF.com/Inspection at the airport
Coronavirus situation:
* 270 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in Lithuania, which is the lowest number of cases per day since October 19. 14 people died. Hospitals are currently treating 1,289 COVID-19 patients, 132 of whom are in resuscitation. Morbidity 100 thousand. the population currently reaches 350 cases in 14 days.
* South Africa suspended plans to introduce the AstraZeneca vaccine after data showed that it is not effective enough against the coronavirus strain prevalent in the region.
* In Denmark, after a five-week break, primary school students returned to school.
Podersky’s decision. Povilas Poderskis, Director of the Vilnius Municipality Administration, has announced that he will be leaving this position as he prepares to move to a management position in an information technology company.
Photo by Saulius Žiūra / Povilas Poderskis
China meeting. President Gitan Nauseda has decided not to attend the Chinese summit with the leaders of Central and Eastern Europe. Lithuania will be represented by the Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis. The lower level of representation reflects Lithuania’s rather cautious approach to Chinese investment and its concern that such a cooperation format could fragment the unity of the European Union.
Cold victims. According to preliminary data, three people were fatally frozen in Lithuania over the weekend and several dozen more were affected by the freeze. On the weekend it freezes to minus 27 degrees in some places.
Continental investments. Continental, a manufacturer of automotive electronic components with German capital, has announced that it will invest another 90 million LTL in the development of the plant in the Kaunas Free Economic Zone. euros. After the implementation of the second stage of development, Continental’s investments in Kaunas will reach 185 million. euros. The company promises to create another 500 jobs in the Kaunas district by 2025, their number will reach 1.5 thousand.
Unrest in Myanmar. In Myanmar, which has been taken over by a military junta, mass protests against a previous military coup are intensifying. A state of war was declared in seven counties in the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and people were prohibited from protesting and electing in groups of more than five, and a curfew was introduced. The authorities threatened to take action against the protesters. Pope Francis has called for the release of the political leaders arrested during the coup.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Protests against coups in Myanmar
Bitcoin growth. Bitkoin’s cryptocurrency hit a record high of over 43,000. dollars (35.7 thousand euros). The increase came after electric car maker Tesla announced a $ 1.5 billion investment in the coin.
Decision of the Court. A Swedish court acquitted two filmmakers accused of violating the inviolability of the Estonian ferry, which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994. The court found that they were sailing on a German-flagged ship and that the country had not signed an agreement on the ferry protection. In September 2019, the crew that made the documentary about the shipwreck sent a remote-controlled underwater device to the sunken ferry, which detected a large hole in the ship’s hull. This raised questions about the findings of the official disaster investigation.
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