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On Monday, until the end of the month, the government extended the movement restriction in 16 municipalities, including Vilnius and its district, Klaipeda and Neringa.
Traffic restrictions were extended from Tuesday to April 1 between Biržai district, Klaipėda city, Kupiškis district, Marijampolė, Neringa, Panevėžys city and district, Šalčininkai district, Širvintos district, Švenčionys district, Trakai district, Utena district, Varėna district, Vilnius city and district and Visaginas municipalities.
The entry and exit ban will continue to apply here, except in exceptional cases, and it would also be possible to travel between ring-road municipalities.
The Ministry of Health has proposed to continue with the restrictions on circulation in those municipalities where the number of new cases of COVID-19 in 14 days is 100,000. the population reaches 200 and more.
According to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, this saves time in Lithuania by spreading the “British” variety, so that more people at risk can be vaccinated, in addition, opening more activities.
“If someone asks who needs to buy that time, it is probably time to earn more for vaccination. Now we are only vaccinating those people whose risk of dying or becoming seriously ill from COVID is the highest,” I. Šimonytė said at the meeting .
“People want and we want these restrictions to be less, on the other hand, we objectively see that in other countries, which may have been too hasty with their decisions, the situation today is worse than expected and many explanations can be given. to this mutation, “he added.”
According to the Prime Minister, the data shows that the improvement of the situation has stopped at this time and this coincides with the expansion of the “British” variety.
The list of establishments allowed to visit indoors, including zoos and botanical gardens, has also been clarified.
There was no press conference after the government meeting. Rasa Jakilaitienė, the representative of Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, told BNS that it was not foreseen, because the reasons for the decision and the statistics were presented in detail at the meeting.
Author Austėja Masiokaitė-Liubinienė
