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The following sentence is included in the draft decree that declares quarantine throughout the country.
“From 2020. December 21 04:00 until 2020 December 31 00:00 Flights for the carriage of passengers from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Lithuania are prohibited. Exceptionally, flights They can only be operated after obtaining a separate permit issued by the Lithuanian Transport Security Administration, taking into account the presentation of the Minister of Health, the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the Minister of the Interior. “
It was supported by the Cabinet of Ministers.
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys stated that the parties make decisions independently.
“The parties make decisions quickly and independently. Therefore, taking into account the proposal of the WESC meeting, which was analyzed in great detail, the SAM submits said proposal for consideration,” said the Minister.
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Marius Skuodis, declared at the government meeting that there are no bans on cargo flights.
“Taking into account the situation that some planes are taking off while we are seated, we would suggest that we provide that passenger flights, which are related to cargo, the Government does not say anything, are allowed. The government is not proposing to ban flights to the UK, “he said.
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said these bans are likely to be extended.
This was announced on Sunday evening, after the emergency meeting of the Government Emergency Commission (WESC) convened by the Minister of the Interior Agnė Bilotaitė.
Belgium and the Netherlands have already made decisions to ban flights from the UK.
Since December 14. 1 pm until December 20. 1 pm 3485 passengers arrived in Lithuania from Great Britain: 2139 people arrived at Vilnius airport, 1346 arrived at Kaunas airport.
Marius Skuodis wrote on his Facebook social network Sunday night:
“We have just made a decision in the Government from Monday morning (4:00 am) to December 31. Preventive suspension of all passenger flights from the UK to Lithuania.
We have made our decision in light of the information currently available on the potentially extremely rapid spread of the new COVID-19 strain in the UK and intensive consultations with neighboring countries.
We anticipate this will affect some 7,000 passengers who plan to arrive at Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga airports from the UK next week. Disruptions are also unavoidable for those planning to depart, although flights to the UK will not be restricted.
Latvia, Estonia and Germany are also blocked from our closest neighbors by the UK. Poland is currently deciding.
We also know about France. The decisions have already been made public by the Benelux countries, Italy. We also look forward to a common EU solution in the near future.
As a human being, 2 m. living in London and constantly flying on layover flights, such a decision is definitely unpleasant. We are also well aware of the consequences of the decision to connect flights across the UK or a wide range of individual circumstances.
Personally, I am very sorry for the decision, but I fully support it. Like other members of the Government.
If we only had different testing capabilities in Lithuania, we might have other alternatives. Unfortunately, now it is as it is … And we will have to fix this problem. “
We recall that England’s chief physician, Chris Whitty, reported on Saturday that a new strain of coronavirus had been discovered in the UK. Studies have shown that this virus is spreading faster than the current variant. However, there is no evidence that a mutation in the virus leads to increased mortality. Relevant information has been provided to WHO.
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