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“Foreigners arriving from outside the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … must be isolated for 14 days,” the document read.
It has been established that foreigners must register with the National Center for Public Health within 24 hours of arrival in Lithuania.
Additionally, foreigners arriving from COVID-19 affected countries must contact the 1808 hotline or other test facility for a coronavirus test within 24 hours of arrival.
“Isolation facilities, transportation to isolation facilities and the COVID-19 foreigner detection site (…) must be provided and paid for by the employer, the inviting person or the foreigner himself,” the decision said. .
It has been established that foreigners must register with the National Center for Public Health within 24 hours of arrival in Lithuania.
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Currently, the list of countries affected by COVID-19 approved by A.Veryga includes 63 countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Israel, United States, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine.
Costs – for companies
Ahead of the government meeting on Wednesday, A.Veryga told reporters that the host companies will have to pay not only for the isolation of third-country employees, but also for the evidence.
“We will definitely not finance anything, testing or isolation. This is an issue for those companies or people who will come,” said the minister.
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min / Aurelijus Veryga
Among other things, the decision states that foreigners who work in Lithuanian companies engaged in international commercial transport or carry out international commercial transport in all types of vehicles must be isolated from the day of arrival in Lithuania until their departure, but not more than 14 days .
However, if your stay in Lithuania is less than 72 hours, you do not need to be tested for coronavirus.
It was decided to adjust the requirements for arrivals from third countries due to an outbreak of coronavirus at the company registered in Kaunas Hegelmann Transport, when the infection was detected in employees from Uzbekistan. On Friday, 19 infections were recorded there on COVID-19.
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