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It is becoming increasingly clear what kind of morbidity residents could no longer wear masks, eat lunch in cafes, communicate and move around indefinitely.
One of the sports clubs in the capital decided to express its outrage at the current quarantine restrictions in an unusual protest. You can’t be at the sports club, that’s why the coaches say they go to the supermarket.
“Sports clubs are the first to close and the last to open. The rental costs, the utility costs, the responsibilities are very depressing. We are not entertainment, we are health clubs and we have to talk about that, which is disease prevention. People need to move, they need to play sports, “says coach Vitaly Vasilyeva.
PHOTO GALLERY. Sports clubs express dissatisfaction: coaches decided to move to supermarkets
It is true that the government is considering releasing other businesses or activities other than sports clubs, where the risk of infection is high.
“The government has practically finished considering the plan for the gradual release from quarantine,” says Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė.
The government of I. Šimonytė pasted the frames to change the quarantine rules. Although the plan is not final, it is already clear that restrictions in Lithuania will be lifted only when morbidity falls to very low levels.
The authorities will measure each ban according to the proportion of positive COVID-19 tests and the number of new cases during 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants. Currently, the figure is 350, which is an average of 700 new cases per day.
According to the plan, if the indicator goes down 3 and a half times: 2 households could communicate with each other, and if morbidity were reduced 14 times, the rule would be abolished.
The ban on moving between municipalities would also be lifted only if morbidity was reduced 14 times, with an average of 50 new cases of COVID-19 per day.
When the morbidity rate drops to 50, the government will be able to open outdoor cafes. When you are under 25 years old, to eat, it will be possible to drink inside.
Similar indicators are provided for each insurance. 25 cases The universal limit for every 100 thousand inhabitants would be that the prohibitions on both witchcraft and the use of masks would be the most relaxed.
At that point, children could start going back to school when the incidence is three and a half times lower than it is now. All students only sat in classrooms when, on average, no more than 50 new cases were recorded per day.
“The plan will be approved in its entirety on Wednesday. Today, the Government has agreed on the starting moments,” says I. Šimonytė.
It is true that the government reserved the right to deviate from the expert plan. Small businesses, small stores, hair salons, and all the other service providers where a person is in contact with a person are scheduled to be able to work next week.
“Certain decisions will be made on Wednesday and will take effect on Monday, for services that are individual contact, where there is a provider, a recipient,” said I. Šimonytė.
“Nothing should be done for at least 2 weeks, because small releases will not make a big difference, and there will be many evils and we will have to suffer,” says Juozas Augutis, rector of Vytautas Magnus University.
“We take the risk that, as you well know, the experts have not yet recommended the liberation of individual economic activities. However, the government agreed to run that risk, which means that the situation will have to be closely monitored, ”says I. Šimonytė.
Depending on the level of morbidity rates, the relaxation of quarantine rules could take place on two fronts: at the national level and more actively in those municipalities where the situation is significantly better.
It is true that municipalities will probably not be able to release businesses on their own. Authorities fear that cities with previous services could become centers of attraction for people.
“This would cause great interest and would be a center of attraction that people from all sides would try to reach,” says Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė.
“It just came to our notice then. We see that other types of pandemics are rampant in other countries, but the situation is improving in Lithuania and is obviously evaporating over the last week. It is in this environment that a new safe balance between relaxing the quarantine and preventing the growth of additional infections, ”said Simonas Krėpšta, adviser to the president.
The government plans to tighten controls on arrivals to Lithuania due to the rapid spread of coronavirus mutations. It is proposed to install special checkpoints on land roads near the border. Stronger inspections have already started at Lithuanian airports.
“All travelers from any part of the world must have a PCR test at least 48 hours in advance. If they do not have that test, they will register here in the near future,” says Rolanda Ligien representante, representative of the National Center for Public Health.
The proportion of positive coronavirus tests in Lithuania continues to decline. Currently, one in 12 people tested has COVID-19.
The weekly number of infections is also decreasing. Labs detected 4,121 new infections last week, 2,600 less than two weeks earlier.
It’s true that some health experts believe that the number of new cases started to drop dramatically just because of the drop in testing volume. Experts are also surprised by the results of the preventive tests: a search for antibodies in a group of teachers revealed that, on average, almost one in five educators developed COVID-19.
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