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“Today we will not consider specific solutions, several appeals have been attached to the meeting material, but we certainly will not consider those appeals today, because the appeals are related to changes in the requirements of specific areas of activity and it is a separate discussion,” announced I Šimonytė at the beginning of the meeting.
On Monday, the Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation called on the government to lift current trade restrictions and allow non-food stores to operate. According to the head of the confederation, the quarantine requirements now in force unfairly distort competition and its benefits in managing the pandemic are questionable.
The president of the confederation, Danukas Arlauskas, says that now the biggest benefit is grocery stores, which also sell other goods, starting with household appliances and ending with household items. They cannot operate other stores whose main activity is not the food trade.
The Lithuanian Association of Estheticians and Cosmetologists also addressed the Government. He asked to consider allowing beauty professionals to resume their work from February 1.
The second quarantine in Lithuania is valid from the beginning of November. By decision of the previous government of Saulius Skvernelis, cafes, bars and restaurants, sports clubs, cinemas, spectators at sporting events were banned, and lessons in schools were restricted.
In mid-December, the I. Šimonytė government tightened the quarantine, ordered the closure of non-food stores and most service providers, prohibited them from leaving the municipality and communicating with more than one household without good reason , and extended distance education for students.
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