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Sunday’s meeting discussed the arrival of passengers from the UK and restrictions on domestic movement.
With the spread of a new strain of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy have already banned flights from that country. Latvia and Estonia also plan to act, and Poland plans to make a decision on Monday.
“At the commission meeting, the decision was made to suspend all passenger flights to Lithuania and submit such a proposal to the government,” Minister A.Bilotaitė told the media on Sunday evening.
Arno Strumilos / 15min nuotr./Agnė Bilotaitė
As Marius Skuodis, Minister of Transport and Communications, told BNS on Sunday, the Lithuanian government will make decisions on flights from the UK state in the near future.
At a press conference, M. Skuodis told reporters that decisions are being coordinated with neighboring countries.
“We expect actions in the near future from other countries, not just the ones that have been mentioned.” Naturally, taking into account all the information we have, the Commission for Emergency Situations has proposed such a solution to the Government, ”said the Minister of Transport and Communications.
According to M.Skuodis, it is very important to assess how many citizens and how many travelers could be affected by such a decision.
“Our forecasts show that next week we can expect 5,000 arrivals from different Vilnius airports from the UK. Passengers, 1.7 thousand to Kaunas. And 350 passengers could arrive at Palanga airport. That is, such a decision, if adopted by the government, depending on when it comes into effect, could affect that circle of citizens, ”he explained.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Marius Skuodis
According to M. Skuodas, not only are individual countries beginning to restrict flights from Great Britain, but a joint decision from the European Union on this issue is also expected.
“At the moment, the best advice is to stay at home, because otherwise you can really face very big obstacles when traveling,” said the minister.
According to A.Bilotaitė, an informal government meeting will take place on Sunday, in which ministers should decide on the specific dates from which access to Lithuania could be restricted. It is not yet clear when this information will be released on Sunday or Monday.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, from December 14 at 1 p.m. until this Sunday at 1pm. 3,485 passengers arrived in Lithuania from Great Britain: 2,139 people arrived at Vilnius airport, 1,346 arrived at Kaunas airport.
“Information about the COVID-19 mutation reached us today (Sunday) and we responded quickly. We met for a meeting of the Government Emergency Commission to decide how to respond promptly and protect the people of our country,” explained A. Bilotaitė.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / VNO
Those who came from Great Britain, according to the Home Secretary, must follow the same established procedure.
“Restrict movement, that is, first of all, make sure you are at home and make sure there are no unnecessary reasons, that they don’t move anywhere, that they don’t leave home and that they don’t move between municipalities. There are the same general requirements that apply to everyone in Lithuania, ”said A.Bilotaitė.
“Two households, two groups of people living together cannot establish contact and keep in touch. This requirement applies to everyone, “added M. Skuodis.
He also added that it is not yet planned to stop the flights from Lithuania to Great Britain.
Office of Charles Michel, President of the European Council (EC) kicked off a meeting on Sunday about the situation in the UK with the spread of a new, more contagious strain of coronavirus.
Susan Hopkins of Public Health England (PHE) Sky News confirmed information provided by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that the new virus strain may be 70 percent. more contagious.
Johnson announced on Saturday that residents of London and the south-east of England would not be able to leave their homes without the necessary need to curb the spread of a new strain of coronavirus.
He called for new restrictions to be imposed in London and south-east England from Sunday, with “fourth level rules” in place in the region, “whose people must stay home” until at least December 30.
The SNB reported a record rate of coronavirus infection in the UK, with 35.9,000 confirmed cases in the last day. new cases of COVID-19, according to a report on the British government information website.
Just over 27,000 were found on Saturday. new cases of this infection, and the previous daily record of diseases was recorded on December 17 – 35.3 thousand. new cases.
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