Vainiene: on Monday, supermarkets will check passports at the entrance; it will not be possible to enter without a document

For merchants, the Ministry of Health is preparing new requirements in the last business days before September 13, when restrictions to serve customers who do not have access to a passport or equivalent document will come into effect.

“The final decisions will probably be clear until tomorrow, because the ministry has started looking for legal drafts. There are several questions of principle. The clearest thing is that the verification of the passport of opportunity or the corresponding document must be carried out at the entrance of the supermarket to the supermarket, and not at the entrance of each store. This is probably the essential and equal vision of all of us “, says R. Vainienė.

According to her, this will not confuse the flow of different customers in supermarkets: masks in supermarkets would only be recommended, the supermarket would become a safer place to use commerce or other services for vaccinated, immunosuppressed or negative tests for individuals or children under 16 years of age. .years.

The Ministry of Health is preparing new decisions by the Operations Manager, Arūnas Dulkis, which will take effect on Monday.

“Scandinavian glass masks are recommended. They will be highly recommended: an appeal to a responsible buyer. Although what is now mandatory becomes a recommendation, this recommendation will be widely disseminated, ”says R. Vainienė.

Another unsolved problem is how to deal with ultra-small stores, which often only have one clerk-cashier, if it is possible to verify passports at the checkout rather than at the entrance.

“We need an additional meeting in a narrower circle here to find a solution. The desire to check at the entrance is difficult to implement in those stores where there is only one seller, the cash register, which cannot be left, there are few buyers, and it is not formulated in the decree. We are also working on this issue, there is a mini working group, it will also join in the search for solutions “, hopes R. Vainienė and added that there are still questions related to pharmacies.

Two business days prior to the entry into force of the new and future requirements, R. Vainienė ensures that you have requested to postpone the entry into force for at least one week.

“But apparently for that student, there will always be very little one night. If the operations manager’s order is prepared tomorrow, there will still be Friday to prepare. Traders work weekends, which will probably take their time,” R said. . Vainienė.

So far, traders say they don’t think about how the new income restrictions will affect – the goal is a level playing field.