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Coronavirus situation:
* 2,272 new cases of COVID-19 disease were confirmed in Lithuania per day, the majority since the beginning of the pandemic. 16 infected people died, 1501 people receive treatment for coronavirus in Lithuanian hospitals. New case registrations were also registered on Friday in Germany, Russia and Ukraine.
Luke April / 15min photo / Raimundas Karoblis
* The coronavirus was identified by Seimas spokesperson Viktorija Čmilyte-Nielsen and National Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis, who recently visited on a business trip to the US Both are feeling fine. The coronavirus has also been confirmed to the United States Under Secretary of Defense, who met with Karobli.
* Due to the spread of fire in parliament, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga calls for a break in the work of the Seimas, but the Seimas leadership has decided that the sessions will take place next week, subject to additional security measures. In addition to the president of Seimas, several members of the Liberal faction have received positive tests for COVID-19 in recent days. Epidemiologists began to work at the Seimas.
* The United States has the highest death rate since May, with more than 2,2,000 deaths in a single day. people infected with coronavirus. US authorities have urged Americans to refrain from traveling when Thanksgiving is celebrated next week, during which they often visit relatives.
* The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced after a videoconference of EU leaders that the European Union services could approve the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines later this year.
Sanctions against Belarus. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have expanded sanctions against officials of the Belarusian regime and blacklisted ministers of information and sports. The Baltic countries coordinated the list with 28 names to maintain pressure on the Aliaksandr Lukashenko regime. Belarus Sports Minister Sergei Kovalchuk has been fined for harassing athletes who criticize the regime, and Information Minister Igor Sluckis for restricting the Internet.
Photo by Scanpix / Funeral of Raman Bandarenko
Respect for R. Bandarenka. Some 5,000 people gathered for the funeral of 31-year-old Raman Bandarenko in Minsk. The activist died in hospital after his arrest, and the opposition blamed Lukashenko’s security forces for his death.
United States elections. The completion of the countdown in Georgia confirmed that Joe Biden had won against Donald Trump. Biden says that Trump, who does not concede defeat, is damaging democracy.
Scanpix / AP Photo / Mike Pompeo on the Golan Heights
Pompey’s visits. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became the first US Secretary of State to visit the occupied Golan Heights, the territory of Syria occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. The Syrian government condemned the visit.
Consequences of the storm. Hurricane Iota has claimed at least 44 lives in Central America, rescuers are still looking for victims and victims have begun. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that the hurricane affected 4.6 million people in the poor region. people, including 1.8 million. children.
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