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The stylist Kęstutis Rimdžius already hoped to soon open the doors of the house in the picture and gradually planned the works, because the authorities spoke half-heartedly about the opening of beauty salons and hairdressers. It is true that the ray of hope faded in the same way: the stylist is considering whether to close or not.
“If I have to work for half a year after renting these facilities when I return, then I will really decide and calculate, in this case, my finances, if I can afford to keep this room empty for half a year,” he said. He says.
Longing for beauty services, the government also waited for a decision. However, the Council of Health Experts did not support the proposal to allow beauty salons and non-food stores with separate entrances to open as early as next week.
The British strain of coronavirus appears to have altered the leg to facilitate quarantine. According to Ramunė Kalėdienė, a professor at the University of Health Sciences, the small stores could start operating when the number of cases almost tripled and reached 150 in 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants. And beauty salons could open their doors only if this indicator is reduced to 100 cases. Otherwise, after releasing the business, you may have to sit back at home after a while.
“Releasing many restrictions at the same time can inevitably increase morbidity. And we are also very concerned about the new strain of virus that is spreading in Europe. In many European countries, there is a lot of anxiety and the tightening of restrictive measures both between countries and between countries. within them, ”he says.
And after such negative statements from the experts, the government did not even put on the meeting’s agenda the issue of opening hair salons, beauty salons and non-food stores. Although these businesses were promised to open in the next few days, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė explained that the issue would be postponed until next week.
“Today there will be no more discussions on this issue, we are only doing the initial work that needs to be done, updating the schemes and trying to confirm this updated scheme during the government meeting next week,” said the head of government.
Long-awaited beauty professionals do not want to accept explanations about the threats. After all, clients are rushing to illegally operating beauty salons despite any quarantine. And in some places an underground entrepreneur is already involved: some beauty specialists also take clients home when others have closed their salons and are sitting without work.
“There will be many thousands of frustrated people. Not because we are forcing this issue, not because we want to infect or infect ourselves, we want to work safely as we do after the first quarantine,” says Jolanta Mačiulienė, director of the Association of Specialists in Beauty.
Impact for the business community: This is how Rūta Vainienė, director of the Association of Business Companies, named the recommendations of health experts regarding store openings. According to her, about 700,000 people visit food outlets every day and those figures are beyond doubt. And here the small shops that have separate entrances from the outside cannot work.
“It just came to our knowledge then. Especially since Plan C foresaw trade liberalization and that plan was not developed by companies but by experts themselves. I consider this to be an inconsistent and unbalanced position,” he says.
It is true that, despite the opinion of health experts and a possible pessimistic scenario, the Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė expressed the opposite opinion. According to the minister, hairdressers and small shops could now open their doors. An enhanced plan for total release from quarantine is promised at next week’s Government Emergency Commission meeting.
“The Ministry of Economy and Innovation does not deviate from its position, we believe that decisions must be made on the gradual and very responsible release of quarantine in stores and beauty salons,” explains the politician.
During the government meeting, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė assured that the release from quarantine could take place not on the basis of activities, but on the principle of territories in those municipalities where morbidity is extremely low. Currently, one of the lowest morbidities remains in Jurbarkas: 117 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, in Šilalė: 114 cases. Deputy Mayor Tadas Bartkus assures that he could be quarantined in the municipality of Šilalė.
“We could really open hair and beauty salons, even think about educational institutions,” he says.
The quarantine mitigation plan stipulates that after reaching 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, a total abandonment of the movement between municipalities is expected. Mention is also made of preschool education, which would become mandatory when the morbidity rate reached 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. According to Inga Ruginienė, a member of the expert council, she already intends to return students to kindergartens and primary classes in parallel with companies.
“We have to think of educational institutions in the same way, because our beginners are now at home, kindergartens, all pre-school education should be a priority,” I. Ruginienė is convinced.
The quarantine remains strict, but there are many offenders. Tonight alone, Trakai district police officers stopped an Audi car in Lentvaris and were stunned. Up to six young people got out of the car: four boys and two girls. Everyone came to the car from different homes. Minutes were drawn up of all of them. And the driver has also written a protocol for driving without the right to drive.
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