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“My advice and one more request, perhaps because ecclesiastical authorities are dealing with the matter under treaties, is to refrain from larger demonstrations for a few more weeks until a more general release from quarantine takes place in the society, “said the head of government. he told News Radio on Thursday.
According to her, more elderly people at risk from COVID-19 attend the services.
The prime minister said that tightening the quarantine regime had managed to reduce the number of deaths from coronavirus, but not enough yet.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Ingrida Šimonytė
“So we managed to save a lot of lives in those few weeks. And they need to sustain more,” he said.
Lithuanian bishops are to consider this week whether to resume public services in churches, which have been suspended for more than a month due to the epidemiological situation.
“The decision on the resumption of Mass with the faithful has not yet been considered, it is planned to be considered just before January 31,” Mykolas Sotničenka, Deputy Secretary General of the Lithuanian Episcopal Conference, told BNS.
According to the decision of the Lithuanian bishops, public services in the country were suspended in mid-December and the mass would resume in early January, but the Church changed the decision due to the difficult epidemiological situation.
The government has not introduced a requirement to not celebrate Masses due to the special legal status of the Church, but it is recommended that the Mass be held remotely.
On Wednesday, the government extended the strict quarantine until February 28.
He closed many stores, hairdressers, restricted the movement of people and meetings.
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