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“We have met at the State Commission for Emergency Situations. Unfortunately, the positive developments in the pandemic situation in Lithuania are still not enough, although their acceleration has slowed down a bit.”
Since the virus spreads mainly through hotspots, an extension of the movement restriction between municipalities is being considered. Will the movement restriction that ends today be extended? Unfortunately, it will be extended, reassessing its impact and trends of the pandemic situation in two weeks, ”A. Anušauskas announced on his social network.
The government’s emergency commission proposes to extend movement controls between the country’s municipalities until January 31, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry told BNS.
“It is proposed to extend the movement restrictions between municipalities until January 31, but on January 17 the results, morbidity, death data and everything else will be reviewed, which would be possible to lift the restrictions,” said Lina Laurinaitytė-Grigienė to BNS.
According to her, this should be decided by the government in a meeting later on Sunday.
In order to control the spread of the coronavirus, the movement of people between municipalities was restricted without good reason in mid-December, until now it is valid until 9 pm
During the weekend before Christmas, as well as during the Christmas and New Year periods, several tens of thousands of cars have already been delivered.
The Government Emergency Commission can recommend decisions to the Government on handling a pandemic. The Commission is made up of all the ministers, as well as the heads of some of the institutions.
3.4 thousand were delivered per day. drivers, 168 people were punished for quarantine requirements
On Saturday, at midnight, the Police and the institutions that attended them met 3,439 drivers who had gone to other municipalities, 168 people were sanctioned for failure to comply with quarantine requirements, the representative of the Police Department Ramūnas Matonis informed BNS.
Of the 168 people convicted of non-compliance with quarantine requirements, 98 received fines for contacts with more than one family farm, 11 for violations of the prohibition of movement between municipalities, 7 for organizing festive parties, 37 for meeting and being in a vehicle for more than two people, 15 – for not wearing masks.
According to R. Matonis, almost 2,000 people work every day. policemen, and they are assisted by about 450 shooters, military police, border guards, public security agents, police sympathizers.
To curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government unnecessarily banned movement between municipalities until January 3. Police ordered mass inspections of running cars on weekends and holidays.
Since mid-December, when the inter-municipal driving ban was introduced, officials at checkpoints have handed out 36,000. transport. Almost 16.5 thousand. The cars rolled over during the long Christmas weekend.
People can travel for work, to the doctor or to the funeral. The car can be driven by a maximum of two people or people who live together.
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