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Spread of the virus. Six new cases of coronavirus were detected per day: in Kaunas, two more cases were detected in the logistics company Hegelmann Transporte, which has become the focus of coronavirus, and a sports coach has also been infected in this city. In Vilnius, the coronavirus was detected by a Maxima warehouse security guard, a person who worked at the Vilnius airport facility. In Klaipeda, the coronavirus has been confirmed to the store cashier. Hospitals treat 18 patients, two of them on resuscitation.
Viruses in the neighborhood. In Latvia, a new case of coronavirus was confirmed, in Poland: 333, 11 patients died. In Belarus, 180 new cases of coronavirus were detected per day, five people died and in Russia 6.43 thousand cases were registered. new diseases and 167 deaths, in Ukraine: 848 new cases, 18 deaths.
Isolation of arrivals. Due to the alleged import cases in the event of a coronavirus outbreak at the Kaunas Hegelmann Transport logistics company, it has been announced that all third-country arrivals will need proof and 14 days of isolation, which is also valid for Lithuanians they return. The government has given Health Minister Aurelia Veryga the power to introduce these requirements. Veryga said that the host companies will have to pay for the testing and isolation of third-country employees. The representatives of the carriers affirm that this procedure will bring losses to the companies, the builders do not rule out that the reduction of workers from third countries increases the cost of labor.
Sigismund Gedvila photo / 15min / Aurelijus Veryga
American soldiers Ryan D. McCarthy, Secretary of the United States Land Forces, who visited Vilnius, announced that the United States would send hundreds of US troops to Lithuania for exercise in the coming years. In a few months, a unit about the size of a battalion will arrive in Lithuania from Poland, and company troops are slated to arrive in Lithuania and directly from the United States by Exercise 2022.
Number of people at events. The government agreed that starting in September, the number of participants or spectators in indoor and outdoor events will no longer be limited, but compliance with established security requirements will be mandatory. This plan is valid for both cultural and sporting events.
Wearing masks. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the possibility of returning the mandatory use of masks in certain places would be considered if the number of cases in the country exceeds 5,000. population morbidity rate. Currently, the incidence in Lithuania reaches 1.9 cases per 100,000. population.
Financing of Rail Baltica. For the construction of the Rail Baltica section from Kaunas to the border with Latvia, Lithuania has requested around 236 million LTL. additional funding from the European Union, but only about 30 million euros are planned. euros “We see a trend that European funding is not keeping up with Lithuania’s work, we are ready to work faster than that funding is allocated,” said Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications Gytis Mažeika.
Turning on the Astravo AE. Rosatom plans to physically start the Astrava Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in early August. The first reactor at the nuclear power plant is slated to come online in 2020, and the second in 2021.
Photo by Luke April / 15min / Protest the presidency over the Astrava nuclear power plant
Protests in Russia. Russian police detained 142 people after Kremlin critics protested in Moscow on Wednesday against a constitutional amendment that would allow President Vladimir Putin to rule for another 16 years. They include journalists and Yulia Galiamina, a deputy from the Moscow City Council, who led the campaign against Putin’s controversial amendments to the Constitution.
Privacy shield. The Court of Justice of the European Communities struck down an agreement known as the “Privacy Shield” that allowed large technology companies to transfer their consumer data to the United States, and recognized that national supervisors must be more demanding of privacy. of consumer data. According to the court, the agreement did not provide Europeans with adequate protection against United States’ security and espionage laws.
Cyber attack on Twitter. Cyber hackers have managed to break into Apple, billionaire Elon Musko, Jeff Bezos, and US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Uber, and IT giant Bill Gates, one of Microsoft’s founders, through a large-scale attack. and many other official Twitter accounts, and spreading a fake message to persuade people to transfer funds in bitcoin cryptocurrencies.
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