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On Friday, the Cabinet of Ministers reviewed the decision made on Wednesday, which imposed such an obligation only on carriers.
“This change would ensure greater screening of returning and arriving passengers, so that all passengers must carry out an investigation and this would help to better organize work both at airports and elsewhere,” said Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys at the meeting.
“Thus, in our resolution, tour operators and tourism service providers appear right next to carriers, and there are additional ‘tourists’ next to where we regulate ‘passengers’,” he added.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė noted that there is already an obligation on Wednesday for people returning on charter flights to undergo tests.
“And here it is more a question of who has the duty to ensure whether it is the carrier or, in the case of such trips, the tour operator,” the prime minister said.
The government decided on Wednesday that all returnees or arrivals in Lithuania must have a negative test taken no earlier than three days ago. This procedure will take effect on March 10.
As A. Dulkys said on Wednesday, this is necessary considering the new strains of coronavirus and the fact that not all people in Lithuania register to study.
The exceptions apply to crew and crew members, young people under the age of 16 in transit through Lithuania, as well as people who have been vaccinated or have developed coronavirus.
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