It was decided to change the quarantine: many technical changes, good news for several municipalities

It is allowed to physically attend visitors in the reading rooms of the state libraries and archives located in all municipalities.

It is explained that employees of scientific institutions have obstacles in getting acquainted with the documents necessary for the implementation of research or projects in the reading rooms of the state archives, and this problem is especially relevant for the activities of the state archives operating in Vilnius . .

It is also proposed to repeal the subsection that prohibits people from leaving their place of residence, since the liberalization of more and more activities, without restricting the movement of people between municipalities, makes compliance with this requirement obsolete.

In order to increase people’s physical activity, it was decided to change the sub-item by increasing the maximum number of people to 10 out of 5 when sports, leisure and entertainment services are provided in open spaces.

It is proposed to make some changes to the list of municipalities in the country where more lenient quarantine measures could be applied than in the entire country, taking into account the latest data.

It has also been decided to include in this list not only those municipalities with a 14-day incidence of COVID-19 of less than 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, but also those municipalities with an incidence of less than 300 cases.

If the incidence of COVID-19 in these municipalities per 100,000 inhabitants does not drop to 200 in a two-week period, it is proposed to consider removing the municipalities from the list.

Akmenė district, Alytus city, Alytus district, Anykščiai district, Birštonas, Biržai district, Druskininkai, Elektrėnai, Ignalina district, Jonava district, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kaišiadorys district, Kalvarkas, city of Kaunas, Kaunasudainia District, Kelmė Rdaija District, Klaipėda Town, Klaipėda District, Kretinga District, Kupiškis District, Lazdijai District, Mažeikiai District, Molėtai District, Neringa, Pagėgiai, Pakruojis District, Palanga City , Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Prienai district, Radviliškis district, Rietiniškis district, Skuodas district, Šakiai district, Šiauliai town, Šiauliai district, Šilalė district, Šilutė district, Tauragė district, district from Telšiai, Ukmergė district, Utena district, Vilkaviškis district, Zarasai district in municipalities, this decree may impose more lenient quarantine measures than in the entire country.

Amend two subparagraphs of the quarantine order to stipulate that non-formal education of children and adults in open spaces could be provided for up to 10 people and in closed spaces in municipalities where the epidemiological situation is better by reducing the service area requirement to 20 m2 per person. Area allowing the participation of no more than one person.

Foreign citizens are prohibited from entering Lithuania

The government has also decided to ban foreigners from entering Lithuania. This prohibition will not apply in exceptional cases when foreigners are allowed to enter Lithuania with a separate permit from the Minister of the respective government area. In accordance with this provision, the Minister of Transport and Communications issues permits for foreigners to come to Lithuania to participate in the training of aviation specialists.

However, foreigners can pass through Lithuania on transit trains, without the right to disembark and enter the territory of Lithuania. It is noted that in the absence of the right of passengers to enter and leave the territory of Lithuania, the threat to the distribution of COVID-19 on the territory of Lithuania due to the entry of third-country nationals remains minimal.

In order to prevent imported cases of COVID-19, as well as to ensure safe international travel, it is established that the crew and crew members who transport passengers on international routes by all types of vehicles may not have to carry out a study of COVID-19. when returning or arriving in Lithuania. and a negative response to the COVID-19 test is obtained only if the time of your stay in the territory of Lithuania is less than 72 hours.

In addition, it was considered that people who return to COVID-19 upon their return or arrival in Lithuania may not have a test for coronavirus infection and a negative test result for COVID-19 if no more than 180 days have elapsed since the positive test (instead of the previous 90 days) Return / arrival in Lithuania.

The Government Resolution also foresees exceptions in which foreigners arriving in Lithuania for special humanitarian reasons cannot have a COVID-19 investigation and a negative COVID-19 investigation received with the permission of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania. . Or a proposal from your authorized person regarding the entry of these foreigners into the Republic of Lithuania. As there may be situations where, for objective reasons, these individuals are unable to perform a coronavirus test before entering the Republic of Lithuania, such individuals would perform the COVID-19 test upon arrival.

The new regulations will take effect on April 12.

Presented the situation

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė told the government meeting that other changes to the quarantine were discussed last week.

“I see that we have guests in the meeting that we met with last Friday, and there was such discussion that if the situation does not seriously deteriorate, we could consider some additional activity openings this week. However, it is already true that, according to the data We have today, we have an unprecedented number of cases in the last day, well over a thousand. And half of Lithuania is in the exponential growth phase, the other half is not. That separation has existed for some time.

Now we will see how the removal of movement restrictions will affect that situation in the rest of Lithuania. Much will depend on how many people follow the precautionary requirements, ”said I. Šimonytė.

He presented the most recent, feared and similar epidemiological situation to last year during Late Night.

“If we evaluate different parts of Lithuania, then we now have three times as many new cases in Vilnius county. There are probably twice as many people in hospitals as there were a month and a half ago. This past weekend, we unfortunately had a sharp increase in the number of occupied hospital beds. Not only in Vilnius, but also in Kaunas, hospital employment increased by a third during the week.

Taking into account the parallels with what that situation may look like (although it will probably depend on our efforts and the vaccination process, and the general position, if this happens again or not), in November of last year, among 1,000 cases per day and 2,000 cases a day, three weeks, ”said I. Šimonytė.

“Now, what we can say about the next three weeks, we can say that in the next three weeks Lithuania will have to receive around 370 thousand. Doses of vaccines, some of which will have to be used for the booster vaccination, but a part significant will also have to be used for development.

We have just under 300,000 people at the highest risk of serious illness or death (that is, in the age group 65 and over). people not yet vaccinated. Some will refuse to be vaccinated under any circumstances, others will refuse to be vaccinated with a particular vaccine. In a week and a half for the development of the vaccination we should receive around 120 thousand. doses of Pfizer vaccine, and here people who are waiting for a specific vaccine will have the opportunity to choose it, ”said I. Šimonytė.

Prime Minister I. Šimonytė emphasized that so far the lower number of deaths provides comfort.

“Until now, the fact that the number of deaths has continued to decrease significantly has provided further consolation. But we still do not see the consequences of our Easter celebrations in the number of cases or in the hospitals,” said the Head of Government .

“The reason this month is critical for vaccination is that we can compare the analogy with the healthcare sector, which was probably the hardest hit by the number of cases and outbreaks during that wave … But now Compared to where cases, outbreaks and outbreaks are identified, it is clear that there are other activities: manufacturing, commerce, some other activities that have already overtaken the health sector. I think this may be directly related to vaccination “, commented I. Šimonytė.

“If we can look and compare with the rest of the world, those countries that already have a very large vaccination scale (probably the UK is closer to us here than Israel), obviously the number of cases has dropped significantly. The UK can speak much more calmly and boldly that it intends to lift restrictions in June.

In the meantime, we still have to deal with this situation. So far, the fact that the number of deaths continues to decrease significantly continues to provide further comfort, but we still do not see the consequences of our Easter celebrations, nor in the hospitals, which will take several weeks, ”said I. Šimonytė.

“In summary, (…) the additional consequences through the use of beds for the sick are already visible. We would like to avoid life-threatening consequences, and therefore those few weeks will be critical for vaccination, especially when Keep in mind that we receive and will receive large quantities of vaccine, and it will depend on what situation we can see at the end of April, ”said I. Šimonytė.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys stated that part of the amendment to the quarantine decision is simply technical.

“There are some small and unavoidable proposals for change,” said the minister.

You can read about other quarantine changes here.

Statistics Lithuania, 2021 April 7 According to published data, the number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants was 394.1 cases and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days was 7.7 percent.

Currently, the average number of COVID-19 (coronavirus infection) cases in 7 days is 807.9. Over the past two weeks, both the number of cases and the proportion of positive tests have continued to rise. Currently, 937 people are hospitalized for COVID-19, 793 of whom require oxygen therapy and 100 in the intensive care unit.

It should be noted that 13 municipalities in the country are currently in the “black zone”, with more than 500 cases of COVID-19 (coronavirus infection) per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days and / or a proportion of positive diagnostic tests per year. 7 days is more than 10 percent. The situation of 17 municipalities is significantly better: 16 municipalities fall into the “yellow zone”, when the number of new cases in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants does not exceed 100 cases and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days does not exceed 4%, 1 municipality (Kelmė district municipality). Enters the “green zone” when the number of new cases per 14,000 inhabitants in 14 days does not exceed 25 cases and the proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days does not exceed 4 percent.

The remaining municipalities fall into the “red zone” when the number of new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in 14 days is between 100 and 500 cases and / or the proportion of positive diagnostic tests in 7 days is between 4 and 10 percent.