Get ready, daily life in Lithuania is changing since Monday: local quarantines, distance education, meeting restrictions



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Local quarantine

From Monday, local quarantine will be announced in Elektrėnai, Joniškis district, Jurbarkas district, Kelmė district, Klaipėda district, Kretinga district, Marijampolė, Pasvalys district, Plungė district, Skuodas district, Šiauliai district , municipalities in the Švenčionys district, as well as in the Raseiniai district.

The duration of the quarantine regime is from 2020. October 26 00:00 to 2020 November 9 24:00; In the municipality of the Raseiniai district – until 2020. November 6, 24:00.

On Friday night, the Ministry of Health announced that due to epidemiological indicators, another 8 municipalities in the country, including large cities, are entering the red zone of municipalities.

“Next week, from October 26 to November 1. In accordance with the new traffic light principles, eight more municipalities in the country are included in the red zone: Municipalities of the cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda, as well as the municipalities of the district of Vilnius, Kaunas, Širvintos, Šilalė, Trakai and Telšiai“, – the press release issued by the ministry is read on Friday evening.

To control the spread of the coronavirus, it is mandatory not only to follow the recommendations and instructions of specialists in municipalities that have entered the red zone, but also to decide on the issuance of local quarantine.

The government can accept local quarantine. According to the Minister of Health, Aurelijus Verygos, this could be done from Monday.

Currently, 21 municipalities in the country are included in the red zone, 26 in the yellow zone and 13 in the green zone.

In these municipalities, the following requirements apply when traveling by public transport: a distance of 1 meter must be maintained, passengers, only in seats.

Get ready, daily life in Lithuania is changing since Monday: local quarantines, distance education, meeting restrictions

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Meeting restrictions have been introduced in municipalities where local quarantine has been announced.

No more in public places What groups of 5 people, maintaining a distance of 2 meters between groups.

In the Raseiniai district – groups of no more than 2 people, in addition to maintaining a distance of 2 meters between groups.

In these municipalities, mixed or distance work is compulsory in the public sector.

It is recommended that this requirement be extended to the private sector.

Provision of at least 10 square meters per person in places of commerce and provision of services.

Get ready, daily life in Lithuania is changing since Monday: local quarantines, distance education, meeting restrictions

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Local quarantine municipalities are also prohibited from visiting patients other than terminal patients, patients under 14 years of age, and mothers.

It is also forbidden to visit patients in social residences, it is recommended to limit the working hours of day centers.

It is recommended that religious communities operating in municipal territories organize religious rites in a way that avoids meetings or refrains from performing religious rites.

Registration required

From Monday, visitors of leisure, entertainment, events, catering and other places it will be mandatory.

Experience has shown that insufficient measures make contact tracing very difficult in hangouts, especially bars, nightclubs and other entertainment venues that attract large flows of visitors, leading to a long process of epidemiological investigation and a burden of particularly greater work for researchers.

The new restrictions take effect on Monday.

The new restrictions take effect on Monday.

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Visitor registration will not be required when food is delivered to be taken or delivered to natural and legal persons by other means.

The opening hours of public catering establishments are shortened

The draft amendment to the Government Resolution shortens the working hours of catering establishments, restaurants, cafes, bars, discos and other places of entertainment: The activities of these institutions will be open from 7 to 24 hours.

There will be no restrictions on working hours in cases where take-out or otherwise delivered food is provided, catering is provided to establishment employees who perform shift work on the premises and premises of such establishments. .

Get ready, daily life in Lithuania is changing since Monday: local quarantines, distance education, meeting restrictions

Opening hours will not be restricted in casinos and slot machines, bingo halls, betting and outlets, unless catering is provided at these locations.

Students in grades 5-12 will study remotely for 4 days

From October 26 to November 8, there is a two-week contact break in general education for students in grades 5 through 12 and in initial vocational training: as usual, students take a week off; and will study remotely next week.

Primary school pupils also go out for a week, and after that education will be organized in a contact way.

For primary school children, as well as for children of preschool and preschool age, education is carried out in the form of contact and in those municipalities where the quarantine has been announced (red zone), unless the municipality itself decide otherwise, that is, organize education remotely.

Non-formal education during this period should also be carried out remotely, and if this fails, such as group training, non-formal education should be canceled.

Get ready, daily life in Lithuania is changing since Monday: local quarantines, distance education, meeting restrictions

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And as of November 9, non-formal education of children and adults can be provided again ensuring the conditions of human flow management, safe distance and other conditions necessary for public health, safety, hygiene, provision of people with the equipment necessary personal protection established by the manager of emergency operations at the state level.

The same applies to all camp organizers, starting October 26. until November 8. they will not be able to proceed in the usual way, it is advisable to postpone them or execute them remotely.

As of November 9. preschool, preschool, general education, non-formal education of children and adults, vocational training, higher education studies, educational assistance is provided in educational institutions and other education providers in the usual way, ensuring the conditions for the management of the flow of people, the maintenance of a safe distance and other conditions necessary for the protection of public health, hygiene and the provision of people with the necessary personal protective equipment established by the Operations Manual Statewide Emergency.

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