Šimonytė on exit plan from quarantine: can be changed “both ways”

At the Cabinet of Ministers meeting, I. Šimonytė said that the plan was approved under the assumption that the situation is improving and this trend will continue, but the deterioration scenario cannot be ruled out.

“I think the plan should be supplemented in the course of the discussion, discussing what other solutions might be necessary if the situation, God forbid, begins to deteriorate. There may be a review in the other direction,” said the Prime Minister.

I. Šimonytė drew attention to some other countries, where the epidemiological situation began to deteriorate after the release from quarantine.

“Nobody wants that, but somehow we cannot expect Lithuania to be such a special country that what happens elsewhere cannot happen in it,” he said.

Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys emphasized that the plan “will not work automatically”, it will be reviewed every week and can be adjusted.

According to the Minister, the plan provides for the possibility of applying measures at both the national and municipal levels, but all decisions will be made solely by the Government.

According to him, the exemptions will be accompanied by additional measures: preventive tests, more stringent security requirements.

This means that this table will not work automatically, in each case we will have to agree in the Government, make concrete decisions, perhaps provide some additional concrete details, all of which will be accompanied by even more detailed explanations of concrete measures by the manager. operations, “Dulkys said.

“We are not focusing on dates, but on achieving specific indicators,” he added.

The government approved a quarantine release plan on Wednesday linking mitigation to four morbidity scenarios, from worst to best.

With the improvement in morbidity rates, the first consideration is to allow the resumption of the activities of non-food stores, part of the open-air commerce, beauty services, and later it is planned to allow the return of some primary school graduates and secondary. . Restrictions on movement between municipalities will be lifted at the latest.

The document emphasizes that restrictions, even when specific morbidity rates are reached, are only released if people undergo industry testing and safety requirements set by the operations manager are met.