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To stop the spread of COVID-19, the government lifted the ban on circulation between the country’s municipalities from March 27 to April 6, with the exception of ring municipalities. As is well known, trips to another municipality are allowed only for work reasons or for those who have properties there.
However, the long Easter weekend also moved part of the population for other reasons.
Police in the capital have been monitoring since Friday whether all travelers are doing so reasonably. Controls are being carried out in both directions, but, as officials have announced, there have been higher flows in directions from the capital. At that time, today the block post guard is ready to accept higher flows of returnees to Vilnius.
“We do not have the number for today, but we see that the number of cars is increasing, the number of cars will be even higher in the second half of the day,” Commissioner Gag reviewed the situation on the Kaunas-Vilnius highway. near Grigiškės on the afternoon of April 5.
According to the head of the Vilnius County LSC, the number of overturned cars is certainly not great.
“Yesterday around a hundred cars were turned over in Vilnius county, which is a relatively small number. If more than 5,300 cars have been inspected, it can be said that people actually comply with the quarantine requirements, ”said S. Gag.
Even before the start of the holiday weekend, officials had presented the public with additional measures to control the population during this Easter period. The policemen’s eyes turned not only to the roads but also to the railways.
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During two days of the weekend, Saturday and Sunday, the Lithuanian police fulfilled about 1,1 thousand. Cars that did not have the right to go to another municipality filed 81 complaints of administrative offenses.
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