[ad_1]
The opening is planned due to the introduction of COVID-19 in the quarantine release plan, which the Government will consider on Monday, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė announced.
“Commercial and service matters will be decided today at a government meeting,” the minister said.
It did not specify the specific dates of entry into force of the possible decisions.
“Speaking of specific things, I would like to point out that matters related to commerce and services are left to the Government,” said A. Bilotaitė.
Photo by Rokas Lukoševičius / 15min / Agnė Bilotaitė
15 minutes To the best of its knowledge, the Government will meet at 2.30 pm.
The minister also hinted that the emergency commission is also offering exemptions for catering services, but did not reveal which ones.
The Government Emergency Commission proposes to relax the quarantine to varying degrees, with some releases nationwide and others in individual municipalities where the number of COVID-19 cases is relatively low.
According to A.Bilotaitė, liberalization of trade and services is only possible on a national scale, because if companies in these sectors operate in separate regions, they would risk becoming “centers of attraction”.
“If the decision were made to liberalize trade or services in a particular municipality with low incidence, … it would generate a really huge interest and it would be a center of attraction that people would try to enter,” he said. Minister.
Photo by Julius Kalinskas / 15min / Agnė Bilotaitė
Last week, the government allowed ski resorts to operate, but sparked a stallion by opening shops and beauty salons. After initially announcing that this would be decided at a government meeting, he finally left the matter unaddressed.
Such decisions have sparked protests from people working in the sectors and small businesses have said they intend to appeal the quarantine restrictions to court.
Non-grocery stores and beauty salons have been banned from operating since mid-December last year as the government drastically tightened the quarantine.
[ad_2]
