Authorities in municipalities fighting coronavirus eagerly await release: people are tired

Among those municipalities, according to the minimum morbidity rates of 14 days, 100 thousand. population, located in Jurbarkas district, Birštonas, Šilalė district. and municipalities of Rietavas.

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Jurbarkas r. the incidence in the municipality is currently 112.7 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants. The mayor of this district, Skirmantas Mockevičius, said that he was very surprised by the statement of Minister Agnė Bilotaitė.

“Maybe she didn’t read or understand something so well, but the experts said very clearly that we trust you, because 2.5 hours. We talk, we talk about everything, we find out and probably in those municipalities that meet the requirements, the business is released first, not the education.

Regarding education, it is very clear that preschool and primary education will “launch” when everyone who works there is vaccinated. That is what is being done this week, so the minister’s proposal to liberate this area sounded strange ”.

According to Jurbarkas district. Mayor, they do not want to open educational institutions until the vaccinated preschool and elementary teachers have full immunity.

“And anyway, we are ready and people are really waiting to let us do what we were constantly preparing for. Everyone knows very well that the people themselves should be involved in the management, not the writing of ordinances to manage the situation.

Believe me, it’s not the newspapers that run it, it’s the people themselves who control everything. It’s such a good situation because of them, so let’s give them a chance. “

He also added that some teachers will already be vaccinated this week, and as soon as they get an immunity, they will be able to go back to work in contact.

“I think it could happen in early March, so the minister’s statement sounded strange to me, because there was no talk at all. Unless that’s the case, if our opinion is not important to anyone. It will show how important the opinion of mayors is. “

S. Mockevičius noted that there are not as many of these businesses, but beauty services and small shops are expected to start operating again. He also said that the idea itself is to show that the virus is not spreading in these places.

“We need to prepare for the third wave, which is already behind the door, and not close it during it, but prepare now and test how we will work when the third wave happens.”

Making just one profit is worse than working

Currently, 123 cases per 100,000 cases are registered in Birštonas. Morbidity of the population and the mayor Nijolė Dirginčienė did not hide her joy at having fallen among those municipalities where the quarantine regime could possibly relax.

“We are very happy and our business is very happy, because it is worse for a small company to ‘stand up’ and receive only an allowance than to work. They learned lessons after the first quarantine, in the spring, and they actually learned to work.

Practically everyone has very good conditions, that entrance from the outside, because they are all the small shops, beauty salons, hairdressers, that is, all those institutions that could open the door according to current recommendations. We would really be very happy if the company could start trying to work and not just get paid. “

When asked if he supported the continuation of restrictions on movement between different municipalities, the mayor said that as long as so many diseases persisted and the large spa centers and hotels in Birštonas did not open, he believed that he could survive.

“You really need some protection, but I’m also very grateful to the community, because we really didn’t have much from other places, the locals really met all of those requirements and the numbers are very good.”

Ms Dirginčienė also pointed out that the vaccination of the priority part of teachers is already underway and that they are really determined to vaccinate as many as they want.

“We thought that because the preschool operated for the entire quarantine period, the kindergartens could open. Primary education could also start, so after the holidays, on February 22, they could really go back to school, ”he said.

“People are tired”

Silale d. Mayor Algirdas Meiženis said that due to the relaxation of the quarantine regime, actions are being coordinated with Jurbarkas d. meru. Currently, the incidence in this area is 100.5 cases per 100 thousand. population.

“He initiates these things and through him we hope to coordinate everything if doubts or doubts arise. We are really in favor of easing the quarantine, people are tired and the situation is not so bad with us, we are seeing improvement trends ”.

Silale d. the mayor, referring to the return from primary school to schools, said it was a somewhat more complex issue in terms of the speed of vaccination.

“The lists are still being harmonized and we are just getting started and priorities are being set, and we are not yet clear how many of those vaccines we will get here. That is the key issue now.”

Speaking about the business situation in the district, he noted that Šilalė does not have a large industry, there are no such large institutions and companies.

“We have wood processing, which employs almost 200 people, and is considered the largest company. Anyway, we are an agricultural land and here more individual companies are engaged in trade and services. So, we would like them to open first, because firstly, the personal income tax flows from these companies, ”explained A. Meiženis.

Recently, Rietavas, who was in the red zone, managed to get out of a sad situation. Currently, the estimated figure of 55.1 cases per one hundred thousand inhabitants in this municipality. The mayor of Rietavas, Antanas Černeckis, commented that he would like both small businesses and schools to be able to start working.

“We only have one case in two weeks and it was brought in from elsewhere. We were a municipality more red than red, and after the New Year we were at the top, we had many problems. First, the nursing hospital and the nursing home were attacked. There were more cases in those two institutions. (…) Then he got sick, he received immunity, it’s a shame, but there were also losses. (…) We have all realized that serious things have happened and that the result has arrived ”.

According to the mayor of Rietavas, the business could really work, people wait and nothing would happen, because restrictions apply.

“I really agree that there should be a restriction between individual districts, because it would really not be healthy to move to one place. That will not be the case, and we have asked business owners to only use local services.”

The government promises releases

Delfi recalls that Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė reported on Monday that on Wednesday the Cabinet of Ministers promises to liberalize certain commercial areas: beauty services, open-air commerce and non-essential goods stores with independent entrances. The quarantine mitigation plan itself will be approved in full on Wednesday, it was approved “in principle” on Monday.

“The plan will be approved in its entirety on Wednesday, today we agreed on the starting points,” he said. The prime minister said the plan was not “set in stone.”

“A worthwhile situation is changing, we have to be very careful and look at the number of positive cases, the number of positive tests and the changing situation in Lithuania,” he explained. I. Šimonytė stressed that the Government had decided to take responsibility.

“We are taking some risks because the experts have not yet recommended the liberation of individual economic activities, but the government has decided to take those risks.” Therefore, the situation will be closely monitored, “promised the prime minister.