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The main reason
The government’s COVID-19 steering committee will meet Monday to discuss the proposed tightening of the quarantine, a record number of new coronavirus cases after the weekend. According to A Veryga, decisions can be made from Monday.
According to the politician, the main objective of these adjustments is to reduce people’s meeting opportunities.
“The main objective of the adjustment is to reduce the places where people gather and gather, where the risk is high. Those proposals are not accepted, but the principle itself is to limit as much as possible people to meet, communicate and leave it only where or really can protect people from transmitting the virus through personal protective equipment. Or when it is impossible to avoid work, “said the acting minister.
The minister also has a position on the growing mention of inequalities in tightening. Beauty treatments, according to A. Veryga, are much safer than sports activities.
“It just came to our attention then. This is an activity where breathing is very intense and the possibility of dispersion of aerosols, even with personal protective equipment, is very high. We will not compare it to manicure or haircut, because the risk it is incomparably less if the tools are used correctly ”, explained the acting Minister of Health.
A. Veryga recalled that people can also play sports outdoors.
No choice
After the first quarantine, the authorities hoped that the economy would no longer have to stop as in the spring. But at least some alternative proposals will be on the interim government table on Monday. Veryga maintains that the situation simply does not allow these actions to be ignored.
“In the spring, especially after the small number we had, after the statements that the quarantine was perhaps too strict, not only Lithuania tried to avoid these measures in every possible way: complete closure of businesses, suspension of the educational process. These are measures that have other very important side effects. (…) But what we see in the number of medical institutions and epidemiologists, they don’t leave many options, ”he said.
The cabinet on Monday should decide between several alternative proposals: increase the area allocated to a buyer or close non-essential stores.
“The third proposal was also presented in the presidency: stop working on weekends or limit the time to 17 hours. There are a variety of options, but the goal is the same: keep people together as little as possible. We see that despite all the numbers, people are still gathering, we also see photos of the party on social media.
Unfortunately, there is no other option. If it is not possible to stop with the measures that are in force now, new measures are needed, “said the acting Minister of Health.
He said treatment facilities are already overcrowded and coronavirus patients are being treated at the expense of the health of other patients.
“It’s really bad,” said the politician.
Movement restrictions are possible during Christmas
New cases of coronavirus are reaching new records. Regarding the interim Health Minister, the upcoming holidays are worrying. So even then, stricter solutions are needed, not just recommendations.
“Regardless of who will be in government and who will not, the epidemiological logic will not change much, regardless of who is in power. Looking at the numbers, and especially the numbers that we saw before the weekend, if the situation did not improve, I would be pessimistic and would say that up to 4 thousand cases we can expect in one day.
With such a number and with such a load of hospitals, I don’t think there are many options during the festive period to take the same measures that were taken at Easter. Delphi A. Veryga said Monday morning.
Vilnius Christmas tree lit.
He said the late weekend has already shown that people are unwilling to follow simple recommendations. Then it will be necessary to control their movement.
So the situation was handled well, of course, and people listened and behaved differently. We saw a completely different image on Late Night, although the recommendations were the same as on Easter, only the firewall was not up, people were moving a lot.
It is in view of such attitude, behavior, there will not be many options. In addition to the stay-at-home calls, additional steps may need to be taken. Apparently, it will be necessary to monitor whether people really follow them or decide to travel unnecessarily, ”said the acting Minister of Health.
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