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The minister claims that this could already be done with such COVID-19 morbidity figures, but experts suggest waiting until morbidity is almost tripled.
“It just came to our attention then. Only as decision-makers and see how decisions affect people’s lives, do we take responsibility,” said A. Armonaitė after the Government meeting.
“I think now we must … allow beauty services and merchants to operate,” he said.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Dawn Armonaitė
Meanwhile, experts suggested that stores and beauty salons with separate entrances could be allowed to operate when morbidity reaches 150 cases per 100,000. population in 14 days.
The incidence is now 414.9 cases per 100,000 cases. population.
Authorities raised expectations for the opening of these businesses on Monday when they allowed the ski resorts to operate and announced they would consider further easing of the restrictions at a government meeting on Wednesday.
However, it was agreed to postpone the issue for next week. This will be addressed first at a meeting of the Government Emergency Commission on Monday.
The situation is one of crisis.
“We hope that next week, at the beginning of it, on Monday, we can make systematic decisions,” said A. Armonaitė.
When asked if the government did not create unreasonable expectations for businessmen and other residents of the country through preliminary comments on mitigation, the minister argued that a pandemic situation often forces a reduction in decisions and expectations.
“The situation is one of crisis,” stressed the politician.
Arno Strumila / 15min photo / Beauty salons before the quarantine
All the aforementioned businesses were closed on December 16, when the government tightened the quarantine imposed by the second wave of COVID-19.
A.Armonaitė also announced that on Monday the government should agree to compensation for companies for testing employees for at least the next three months. The minister hinted that the planned compensation could go to companies as a grant.
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