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Quarantine regime. The government has decided to toughen the quarantine and extend it until December 31:
* Starting next week, primary school children go on vacation and, starting Wednesday, all older students move on to distance education;
* Close contact between more than two families is prohibited except in emergencies. It is also forbidden for more than two families to organize celebrations, which can be attended by up to 10 people. It is forbidden to rent premises for holidays.
* Tighter restrictions at the points of sale: the smallest will need 15 square meters per person. meters, large – 30 square meters. meters. It is possible to fill a maximum of one fifth of the parking lots at the points of sale.
* Plans to reopen museums and galleries as of December 10 have been abandoned.
President Gitan Nauseda says these measures are not harsh enough to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Cabinet of Ministers. G.Nausėda confirmed the composition of the Government of Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Šimonytė. The government has announced its draft program. The new cabinet will take office when the Seimas approves the government’s program and the ministers are sworn in.
Coronavirus situation:
* 1386 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Lithuania per day, 11 infected people died. 2,133 COVID-19 patients are treated in hospitals, 153 of them in resuscitation.
* Lithuanian Delegate European Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius says the first coronavirus vaccines can reach EU members in three to four weeks. According to outgoing Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, doctors and people at risk will be vaccinated first. Mass vaccination of people could begin in February or March next year.
* Rudy Giulian, personal attorney for the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was infected with the coronavirus. The 76-year-old former New York mayor, who belongs to a high-risk group for his age, was hospitalized.
* Other states are tightening quarantines: new restrictions have been introduced in some Danish cities and in the Bavarian region of Germany, more than 20 million in southern California. The locals are told not to leave their homes, meeting with people who do not live together is prohibited, and most public service institutions close.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Continuous quarantine in Vilnius
* The pandemic is canceling traditional events around the world. Nobel laureates will receive the prizes this week in the countries where they live, canceling ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. The organizers of the Paris Aviation Exhibition announced the cancellation of the event, which was due to take place in June next year. The world’s largest exhibition of the aerospace industry showcases civil and military aircraft and equipment.
National awards. Six winners of this year’s National Arts and Culture Awards have been announced. They became the cinematographer Jonas Vitoldas Tomaševičius, the writer Saulius Tomas Kondrotas, the actress Regina Šaltenytė, the artist Eglė Ridikaitė, the musicologist Rūta Stanevičiūtė, the architect Gintaras Balčytis.
Heat register. The Hydrometeorological Service announced that last autumn was the warmest in Lithuania since 1961.
Sanctions regime. The European Union’s foreign ministers have approved a sanctions regime, also known as the “Magnitsky Law of Europe”. It will make it possible to impose sanctions on officials and organizations for human rights violations.
Elections in Venezuela. Venezuelans voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday, after which President Nicolás Maduro is expected to strengthen his power, and US-backed rival Juan Guaidó, who called for a boycott of the elections and called the vote fraudulent, it will weaken even more. Parliament is currently the only institution that is not controlled by the president’s supporters.
The Pope’s plans. The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will visit Iraq in March. This will be the pontiff’s first trip abroad since the coronavirus pandemic began in Italy.
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