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The government’s emergency commission proposes that as of mid-March restrictions on circulation be applied only in municipalities where epidemiological indicators are the worst, the commission’s president, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė announced on Monday.
“Our suggestion would be that, although movement between all municipalities should be liberalized, in the case of ‘black’ municipalities or with a significantly higher number of cases, there should be a restriction on movement to and from these municipalities. “- said the minister at a press conference.
This and other proposals will be decided by the Government.
In these municipalities, where the incidence rate is higher than 500 cases per 100,000. the participation of the population or positive research is more than 10 percent, according to the minister, it is eight.
According to the data of the Department of Statistics, these are the districts of Panevėžys, Kupiškis, Biržai, Švenčionys, Šalčininkai, Varėna, as well as the municipalities of Kalvarija and Marijampolė.
At that time, in the municipalities where the situation is better, the WESC suggests looking for motivational measures.
In the case of “black” municipalities or those with a significantly higher incidence, movement restrictions to and from these municipalities must be applied.
“There is a proposal to seek incentives that would give some incentive to municipalities where both the number of cases and the number of positive tests are significantly better to receive additional bonuses related to release from quarantine,” said the minister.
He argued that both specific measures to ensure restrictions on circulation in the “black” municipalities and additional exemptions in the municipalities with better results would still be negotiated.
Ask for more tests
According to A. Bilotaitė, WEEE is still not satisfied with the scope of the tests: despite the small growth observed last week, the figures “are not enough”.
“We see that there are still four municipalities with test volumes below 1 percent and only 11 municipalities with test volumes above 2 percent,” he said.
The Commission encourages municipalities to intensify testing and encourage their staff to become more involved in testing and outbreak control.
According to the minister, the good news is that, despite the previously introduced releases, “the situation has stabilized and even slightly improved”: the acceleration of the pandemic is currently negative and the death rate has decreased.
According to A. Bilotaitė, the proposal for the experimental opening of cultural objects was also presented to the WEU, but the Government will also decide on the matter.
“Perhaps it could be considered that in those municipalities where the situation is better, certain cultural objects could somehow be opened more quickly,” he said.
According to the minister, the WESC will decide at the next meeting which regime could be in force during the Easter weekend.
According to the Interior Ministry, an average of 430 new cases of COVID-19 are diagnosed per day, up from 530 a week ago.
The proportion of positive tests also dropped from 7.3 to 6.1 percent. On average, around 7.3 thousand. research.
The government has extended the universal quarantine until March 31. The restriction of circulation between the municipalities of the country is valid until March 15.
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