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The fact that the movement of the population may have to be restricted during Christmas, said Aurelius Veryga, who will finish his job at the Ministry of Health this week.
However, Acting Prime Minister Saulius Skvenelis, responding to calls from the new government to toughen the quarantine, insists that the existing measures imposed by the government are sufficient. Between them there is an indication that two family farms of up to 10 people can communicate.
However, the experts repeat, it would be better and safer not to come into contact between different family farms and meet the next vacation only with the family members with whom they live.
However, sociological polls conducted from November 28 to December 1 show that a large part of the Lithuanian population does not promise to welcome big parties only to their families. According to surveys conducted by the market research and public opinion company Baltijos tyrimai, 12 percent. respondents intend to welcome the upcoming holidays as guests. Another 10 percent. residents say they intend to invite family and friends to their homes. According to the systematic survey data, people under the age of 30 and residents of smaller cities are more likely to visit or invite people.
Meanwhile, 68 percent. Lithuanian residents say that they intend on St. Greeting Christmas at home only with those relatives you live with.
Very similar trends regarding the New Year. Exactly the same proportion of the population (68%) say they will be reunited in 2021 at home and only with those family members with whom they live. Meanwhile, 15 percent. respondents intend to accompany 2020 in the company of friends.
Another nearly a fifth (17%) of respondents say they have not decided how to welcome the New Year.
According to the Baltic Survey, people under the age of 30 will be the most active in this regard. In this age group, only 49 percent. Respondents say they will ring in the New Year at home with family members they live with, and 30 percent intend to be with friends, family, or travel.
Part of the population does not meet quarantine requirements
Surveys show that residents don’t always comply with quarantine requirements. According to the Baltic Survey, nine out of ten (88%) people always use nasal and mouth pillows when necessary. However, almost a tenth (9%) say that this requirement is only met occasionally.
Eight out of ten (82%) say they do not meet in public places and 13% say they do not. respondents admitted that they sometimes ignore such instruction.
Meanwhile, 64 percent always keep a safe distance from other people. population, 33 percent. Respondents stated that this requirement, maintaining a safety distance of 2 meters, is observed only occasionally.
Only slightly more than half (57%) of respondents said they did not visit guests themselves and that they did not invite other people to visit.
According to an analysis by Baltic Research, women are more likely to comply with quarantine requirements than men.
Residents under the age of 30 meet the minimum requirements. In this group, only 39% do not go as guests or do not invite them. Among those surveyed, and 71% of the population over 50 years of age meet this requirement.
ELTA recalls that stricter quarantine conditions came into force in Lithuania on Wednesday. The government decision prohibits more than two families from reuniting, high school students are transitioning to full distance education, and supermarkets must restrict customer flows more strictly.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister-designate Ingrida Šimonytė addressed the acting Prime Minister, S. Skvernelis, requesting that additional decisions toughen quarantine conditions be taken at the Government meeting as soon as possible. According to her, the continuous increase in record numbers of people infected by coronavirus and the reports of dozens of our fellow citizens who die every day, published this Wednesday, show that the decisions taken so far have not helped to stabilize the situation and achieve its improvement. .
However, the outgoing prime minister assures that stricter quarantine rules are not needed, that those that came into force on Wednesday are sufficient and that, for example, imposing restrictions on movement between cities will not solve anything.
On Wednesday there was a record number of new cases of coronavirus, 3,128.
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