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“It is expected that both the fixed and mobile positions will continue to operate, at the moment we are not going to detail the dates, they will be,” said A. Bilotaitė at a press conference this Sunday.
“The police department has taken the position that people, seeing that there are no blocking posts, are trying a bit to take advantage of that situation, the message is that there will be those facilities, fixed and mobile posts, there will be other tools, but no we are going to announce a plan, “he added. Hee
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Agnė Bilotaitė
According to the minister, the officials will be paid for the additional work, but did not specify how much money will be needed for it.
“Those funds are in reserve and certainly there will be no doubts or problems to ensure payment to officials for their additional work, and we will know the need when the situation clears up, now we do not know how everything will be in two weeks,” said A. Bilotaitė.
According to her, the introduction of the movement restriction for the first time cost around 2 million. euros.
VIDEO: A.Bilotaitė: fixed and mobile checkpoints will continue to operate on roads
Severe cases and deaths are on the rise
A.Bilotaitė emphasized that the decision to extend movement restrictions was made taking into account the recommendations of the scientists and the improvement of the epidemiological situation in the country.
“Although the acceleration of diseases is slowing down, the speed itself is not slowing.” The number of serious patients is growing, the number of deaths is growing, last week it increased by 15%, and the number of cases is growing by all investigations, ”said the minister.
“We also have good news, it is clear that mobility has decreased, the measures are working. For the entire period since the beginning of the quarantine in December, about 40 thousand. cars, ”he added.
According to Lithuania’s chief epidemiologist Loreta Ašoklienė, the morbidity rate in Lithuania reaches 1,226 cases per 100,000 cases. population in 14 days and is the highest in the European Union.
According to her, the highest morbidity is found in the municipality of the city of Alytus, where there are 2,050 cases, at that time the least is in Neringa and reaches 397 cases per 100,000. population.
According to L. Ašoklienė, although the number of cases registered over several days was lower, it is important to assess that the scope of the investigation has also decreased.
“Those seemingly smaller registered numbers need to be very carefully evaluated, which may wrongly say that the situation is improving,” L.Ašoklienė said at the press conference.
At that time, the number of positive cases among all tests conducted during Christmas week was quite high, reaching 24%, and this week, 22%.
According to L. Ašoklienė, the situation in hospitals also remains stably unfavorable.
To control the spread of the coronavirus, the movement of people between municipalities was restricted without serious reason in mid-December, it was in effect until Sunday 9:00 p.m.
During the weekend before Christmas, as well as during the Christmas and New Year periods, several tens of thousands of cars rolled over during the check.
The government decided on Sunday to extend this movement restriction until January 31, promising to review it in mid-January in light of the coronavirus situation.
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