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It is proposed that the government approve the opening of galleries and museums to visitors.
They could be visited by groups of up to 5 people (unless they are family members, then more people can gather), ensuring an area of 10 square meters per visitor. Visitors must also keep a distance of 2 meters from each other.
It is also proposed to allow tours, but no more than 5 people, except family members, can participate.
If the Cabinet of Ministers approves it, visits to museums will have to wait until these facilities come into effect on December 10.
Dissatisfied with the morbidity figures, some doctors have spoken of the need to limit the opening hours of supermarkets and non-food stores, but at least for the moment, the government does not seem to intend to take that step.
Acting Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday that if supermarkets did not ensure the restriction of human flows, they may need to adjust their operating conditions.
You want to clarify the procedure for assigning support.
The project presented to the government also proposes to specify the criteria for granting the support.
According to Current Entrepreneurs may request support when they meet the following conditions:
- turnover in the last 6 months compared to 2019 during the respective period, according to STI data, decreased by at least 30 percent;
- at least 40 percent of entrepreneurs in the same sector also experienced at least a 30 percent decrease in turnover in the last 6 months compared to 2019 during the relevant period.
To be eligible for support, entrepreneurs must meet both criteria.
To the government intends to establish that a company can request support if it meets at least one of the following conditions:
- Average monthly turnover of the company as of March 1, 2020. – October 31 compared to the same period of 2019. According to the data declared in the VAT return to the STI Inspection, the turnover decreased by at least 30 percent.
- the activities carried out by the company are included in the list. Includes restricted activities or activities indirectly restricted and recognized as such by the government. This point also applies to entrepreneurs who on March 1, 2019. – October 31, did not operate and did not receive income or it is impossible to determine the turnover they had, so there is no comparison with the current one.
The SAM proposes that the Government’s approval be approved by the Ministers of the relevant fields. The letter from the Ministry to the Government indicates that it is proposed to avoid controversial situations and subjective assessments.
The statistics are still not comforting
The request for an extension of the quarantine is based on the fact that the SAM currently shows an upward trend in the incidence rate of COVID-19 to 14 days.
According to the Ministry, from 2020 October 23 to November 5. A total of 11,140 cases of coronavirus infection (incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants: 398.7 cases) were registered in 2020. October 30 to November 12. 18,031 cases were registered (morbidity rate per 100,000 inhabitants – 645.3 cases).
From 2020 November 6 to 19 d. – 21,729 cases (morbidity rate per 100 thousand inhabitants – 777.6 cases), of which the proportion of cases related to outbreaks and imported cases is 50.9%.
The Ministry emphasizes that the rate of cases in the last 14 days is less than 150 cases per 100,000. the population was only in one: the municipality of Neringa (85.6 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants)
According to SAM, even in 11 municipalities there were more than 1,000 cases per 100,000. population, the largest in the Šilalė district municipality and amounted to 1,700.2 cases per 100,000. population.
“It should be noted that before the introduction of quarantine in the country, there was a trend of weekly doubling of cases, and the number of cases has stabilized in the last week,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to SAM, the number of deaths from COVID-19 continues to rise: 124 people died in October and 160 by November 20.
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