Everything about masks in stores, restaurants, sports clubs and other places: when and for whom they will be needed

Requirements in stores and similar places.

Engaged in commerce, leisure, entertainment or other services. you will have to ensure:

• that workers and visitors over 6 years of age will wear face masks, respirators or other means, unless it is not possible to provide the service to the person wearing the mask (for example, playing sports in sports clubs, visiting amusement parks and leisure);
• when in a closed restaurant visitor service personnel will wear masks, respirators, or other equipment in the room;
• make sure the customers in the queues are at least 1 meter apart;
• where the queue forms, mark the mandatory distances between the people in the queue and be sure to meet this requirement;
• refuse admission to people with acute signs of upper respiratory disease;
• Maintain a distance of at least 2 meters between workstations, except for partitions between workstations that are at least 140 cm high. Workers must wear masks in the workplace;
• adhere to and ensure that workers adhere to strict hand hygiene;
• clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces (door handles, shopping carts and baskets, etc.) at least twice a day;
• Ventilate the facilities at least once an hour, if such a possibility exists.

Requirements in state and municipal institutions

State, municipal institutions, establishments, state and municipal companies. employees will also be required:

• maintain a distance of at least 1 meter from visitors or partition the visitor’s workplace;
• ensure that visitors over 6 years of age wear face masks, respirators, or other means and that staff attend to them while also wearing masks.

Requirements for public transport.

Providers of public transport services. you will have to ensure:

• workers and passengers, other than children under the age of 6, wear masks, respirators, or other means. Drivers of public transportation vehicles may refuse to carry passengers who do not wear masks;
• that people who are ill or have symptoms of acute respiratory infection will not work on public transport or be subject to mandatory or recommended isolation;
• Regularly clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces.

In public transport it is recommended:

• partition drivers from passengers by partitions and thus maintain a distance of at least 2 meters;
• carry as many passengers as seats, do not use seats when sitting face to face;
• Do not sell travel tickets on public transportation.

Airport requirements

For international flights will need:

• compel employees during work and passengers over 6 years of age to wear face masks, respirators, or other means throughout their stay at the airport premises;
• provide information on the need for hygiene in visible places within the airport building, recommendations not to fly for passengers who must be isolated during the isolation period and who have acute signs of upper respiratory disease, or publish such information periodically through speakers.

The legal basis states that E. Jankevičius, who is deputy to the chief of emergency operations, has not yet signed the decisions on such procedure, but is in process.

On Wednesday, the government made decisions about the mandatory use of masks or respirators indoors. At the moment, it is intended to circumvent this requirement: the Government has not yet promised restrictions on business and event organizers.

We recommend wearing masks indoors until Saturday.