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There will be no exceptions for bus and train travelers.
A. Bilotaitė noted that officials who ensure public order and compliance with quarantine rules will not make any exceptions for residents who, without a justifiable reason, will try to cross the boundaries of municipalities during the holiday period.
“There can be no exceptions. If there are restrictions on the movement of people by car, there are checkpoints, there can be no exceptions that, let’s say, are related to the movement of trains,” A. Bilotaitė told reporters at Seimas, and noted that departing buses and trains are randomly inspected.
“The buses are already inspected, they are selected at random and the buses that leave are inspected. It will also be with the passengers of the train, attention will be paid to those who leave,” said the minister.
Police work to prevent traffic jams due to restrictions imposed
The minister also noted that on public holidays, the police will do everything possible to ensure that restrictions on movement between municipalities not only remain effective, but also cause the least possible inconvenience to residents. According to her, the police are adjusting their tactics and working to stop the line of cars that took place at the police stations last weekend. However, the minister emphasized that residents must be prepared to face the recurrence of traffic jams.
“The police did their best to learn from the weekend, when there was really a lot of congestion (ELTA).” Really huge forces will be launched and tactics will be put in place to make the process efficient and cause as much inconvenience as possible. people, “said A. Bilotaitė, noting that the police will closely monitor residents’ compliance with quarantine. standards.
Attention will also be paid to the maintenance of public spaces. The police will do more preventive work. Our objective is not to punish people, but, above all, to warn that this is a violation and that it is unsafe, ”said A. Bilotaitė.
According to the minister, police officers will also monitor whether residents violate quarantine rules by commemorating holidays at home.
“If the police receive a complaint, they will react. There will be more capacity in the residential neighborhoods, simply monitoring the situation, evaluating if there are possible meetings,” said A. Bilotaitė.
The minister urges the population to assess the situation responsibly: let’s not release the gin from the bottle
A. Bilotaitė says that the actions that the Government will have to take after Easter will depend on the attitude of the population towards the quarantine requirements.
“We have to look at this situation with great responsibility so as not to let the gin slip out of the bottle. Because this festive period will show what the situation will be like next. If everyone is very relaxed, we can expect to have a significant number of new cases after this relaxation. “I really don’t want to have to make decisions that would somehow restrict one or another activity or movement,” the minister said.
