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“The government meeting will discuss how the pandemic will be handled further,” Prime Minister Rasa Jakilaitienė told BNS.
On Friday, as soon as the Seimas received the authority to act, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė and the ministers discussed with experts new measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys BNS said that restrictions on the movement of people, vaccination, beds in medical institutions and the work of nursing and care institutions will be discussed. He said experts had suggested translating new “serious measures at the national level” but did not reveal whether it was a curfew.
I. Šimonytė stated earlier this week that to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, it would be necessary to tighten the quarantine conditions and promised to hear the opinions of experts on the matter.
In recent days, the number of new cases has exceeded 3,000 a day and the number of deaths fluctuates around 30. The outgoing government of Saulius Skvernelis has tightened quarantine conditions since the middle of this week, but the new government, including President Gitanas Nausėda, considers that the decisions are insufficient.
New Health Minister Arūnas Dulkys said on Saturday that experts are still being consulted on the tightening of quarantine restrictions, and the measures will be named on Sunday after 3 p.m. to start the government meeting. According to him, the new restrictions will be related to mobility, streamlining the processes of the National Public Health Center (NVSC), ensuring the functionality of medical institutions.
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