Šimonytė: We will make decisions on the release of movement restrictions next week.

“Today the decisions that were presented by the council of experts in commercial institutions will be taken. Furthermore, since a large number of municipalities have expressed their desire to implement the pilot method of cumulative tests in their educational institutions, those municipalities will be granted this right today, ”I. Šimonytė told reporters during the first session of the Spring session of the Seimas on Wednesdays.

According to her, the government will also adopt amendments on cultural institutions on Wednesday. It is true that decisions on individual dismissals in municipalities will have to wait.

“There have been plans today to impose those lighter restrictions in municipalities where the epidemiological situation is better than others, which are yellow or slightly pink, but as we receive sequencing data this week, our experts will assess where and in what As different viruses measure, strains are frequent.

Then next week, on Monday, we will consider what kind of movement restriction regime would be needed when the global restriction ends and if there is a need to further restrict movement to and from individual municipalities. Also, what activities can be carried out in these more successful municipalities? ”Said the Prime Minister.

According to I. Šimonytė, the scope of the tests largely depends on the efforts of the municipalities themselves and the results are still not satisfactory.

“These municipalities, which assess more than 2%, which in our opinion is a safe level, are still an absolute minority in Lithuania. We would like to see this achieved by the majority of municipalities and then that background color would be seen a little different, but for those municipalities where both the test results are favorable and the statistics of the cases, we will definitely be able to talk about exemptions from broader activities and education next week, ”he added.

On Monday, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said after the meeting of the Government Emergency Situations Commission (WESC) that movement restrictions should be released after March 15. It is true that it is proposed to leave them in the black zone according to the epidemiological situation of the municipalities.

According to the data of March 10, the following municipalities are included in the list of black municipalities: Kalvarija, Marijampolė, Varėna district, Šalčininkai district, Švenčionys district, Širvintos district, Kupiškis district and Visaginas. This means that in these municipalities the number of new cases in 14 days is 100,000. The population exceeds 500 or the proportion of positive test results in all studies conducted is more than 10 percent. in 7 days.