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HIGHLIGHT
From 2020 December 15 24 hours to 2021 January 3 24 hours In Lithuania, the departure of people outside the territory of the municipality of their place of residence is restricted, except in cases of departure due to the death of close relatives, work or medical assistance necessary, specified in a resolution adopted by the Government.
It also establishes that it will be prohibited to move within or outside the municipality of residence for unnecessary reasons to leave the place of residence when going to work (for commercial purposes), the place of sale, except when going to work, the place of sale, the object real estate, property ownership, funerals, health care and other essential services.
“There is no safe place in Lithuania,” I. Šimonytė said during the meeting, adding that the best gift for Christmas is people’s lives.
Marriages and other celebrations, by resolution of the Government, will be possible if only members of a family or a household are present.
PHOTO GALLERY. At the first meeting of the Government – tightening of quarantine
The decree also establishes that contact with more than one family or home will be generally prohibited.
Many stores will also be banned from Wednesday. This ban won’t just apply to grocery stores and online shopping.
The provision of contact services will also be prohibited. Hosting services will only be available in isolation. Unlike before, individual (not just general) leisure, sports training and sports club services will be prohibited.
Primary education services will only be delivered remotely. If the children’s parents cannot work remotely, if there is nowhere to drop off the children, services will be provided.
At the meeting, Prime Minister I. Šimonytė hinted that benefits will be provided to residents who care for children, as well as those who are not working due to additional restrictions.
In general, the quarantine in Lithuania lasts until 2021. January 31
Up to a thousand deaths, very few
Last day 2,849 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in specific people. Another 24 Lithuanians died during it.
Since the start of the pandemic, a total of 93,101 people have been confirmed with coronavirus. A total of 815 people died from coronavirus and another 400 died from other causes.
Currently, 52,994 people still suffer from Covid-19 in Lithuania, and the number of people recovered is 38,893.
Public health professionals urge people to follow all measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection: hand hygiene, coughing, sneeze etiquette, use of personal protective equipment, physical distance, and more.
Dust: proposal for “serious measures at the national level”
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys said on Saturday, December 12, that experts in managing Covid-19 had proposed “serious national measures,” but did not reveal whether stricter restrictions on circulation could be proposed on Sunday by introducing of a curfew.
“The experts seem to be trying to show us and tell us that the time has come to take serious national measures, not local ones, point by point, because we have just taken control of our own hands,” Dulkys told BNS on Saturday.
He said he could not yet specify what restrictions the government would consider on Sunday, but stressed that one of them would target the movement of people.
“Just what we discuss with the experts, we look at the current figures, the current situation, we know that we will need measures aimed at the movement of people, we will need internal work tools related to vaccination, hospital beds, nursing, care facilities, we will discuss the institutions educational. I can only name these drops and say that the experts strongly agree that the main objective we have announced and its components, this combination of indicators is essential if we want to pass the point of death, ”said A. Dulkys.
“I said everything I could: tomorrow the Cabinet of Ministers will meet, the final proposals will be heard, there will be communication again, everyone will analyze and think (…). I cannot answer this question, “said A. Dulkys, BNS, when asked if he would propose to introduce a curfew to prohibit residents from leaving the home at specific times.
It also argues that the period after which new restrictions would be introduced will depend on the measures themselves.
“It seems to me that people are tense, electrified and very bad when the instruments are canceled, they alternate every few hours or days. Then it would be good to think about them, “said the minister.
According to A. Dulkis, several key objectives will be achieved: keeping people in contact with infected Covid-19 in two days, that the number of cases per day does not exceed 200 and the number of positive tests without reducing its scope to less than 5 percent, as well as not infecting more than a hundred people.
“The experts have said that we have really set goals with great precision and clarity, and it is very important that people know what goal we want to achieve, so it is clear that when they do we can talk about relaxation or better management,” said A. Polvo .
In recent days, the number of new illnesses per day has exceeded 3,000, with 30 deaths recorded. The outgoing government of Saulius Skvernelis has tightened quarantine conditions since the middle of this week, but the new government, including President Gitanas Nausėda, considers the decisions insufficient.
Ingrida Šimonytė’s new government met for the first meeting on Sunday, where decisions were made on handling the pandemic.
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