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As A. Veryga told the delfi.lt portal, there may be no other option, because considering the current epidemiological situation, and 4,000 daily cases in the near future it is realistic.
“Looking at the numbers we saw before the weekend, if the situation doesn’t improve, I’d say we can get up to 4,000 cases a day. With such a number and with such a load of hospitals, I believe that there will not be many options during the festive period such as taking the same measures that were done during Easter “, A. Veryga told delfi.lt.
The news portal tv3.lt recalls that on Monday the Government’s COVID-19 commission will discuss measures to tighten the quarantine, while the situation in the country will not continue to improve due to the coronavirus.
“The quarantine measures must be strengthened, so the committee will discuss the necessary additional restrictions,” Tomas Beržinskas, a spokesman for the prime minister, told BNS.
Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga announced on Friday that he will consider tightening trade restrictions, expanding distance education, removing exemptions for leisure services, including extending the quarantine until December 31.
The Council of Health Experts convened by President Gitanas Nausėda proposes to close non-food stores on weekends, with the exception of pharmacies, veterinary, optical and orthopedic.
Experts also propose a stricter control over work in companies, guarantee telework as far as possible, among other things, it is proposed to take an early leave for beginners, allow only those children whose parents can not work from remotely can go to kindergarten and let older students study remotely only.
The quarantine currently announced in the country is valid until December 17 inclusive.
According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Lithuania is one of the leading countries in Europe in terms of 100 thousand. people in the last two weeks.
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