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What is the “weekend quarantine”?
On November 11, the Cabinet of Ministers tightened quarantine restrictions in Ukraine. The so-called weekend quarantine has been added to the rules.
From 00.00 hours on Saturday to 00.00 hours on Monday from November 14 to 30, the work of cafes, bars, restaurants will be prohibited, except work at home or to take away, as well as work in the shopping center, fitness clubs, swimming pools and gyms.
In commercial establishments, only stores are allowed to operate, of which 60% or more sell food, fuel, medicines, veterinary drugs, feed. At the same time, you can deliver products to your home.
The work of financial institutions, post offices, veterinary clinics, gas stations (without food areas) and service stations is also allowed.
The activities of cultural institutions, cultural events, except film and audio filming, are prohibited, provided that access to the set is restricted. All participants in the shoot must wear masks.
The “weekend quarantine” will not affect the work of public transport.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, the weekend quarantine can be extended until December 31.
At the same time, Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said the authorities would support the companies during the “weekend quarantine.” According to the head of government, the following entrepreneurship support programs will be restored and expanded in Ukraine:
- compensation of a part of workers’ wages due to production downtime: a partial unemployment program;
- child payments for entrepreneur families, which went into effect this spring;
- Together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, they are developing a mechanism to implement force majeure circumstances in relation to the “weekend quarantine.”
Health Minister Maxim Stepanov has repeatedly said that the best option for Ukraine in the fight against the epidemic would be to introduce a total lockdown for several weeks, but, according to him, the Ukrainian economy will not tolerate it.
Where the quarantine will not be introduced
Immediately after the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, several mayors of Ukraine’s regional centers declared that they did not agree with it. First of all, because of the negative impact on small and medium-sized companies.
Lviv
Lvov Mayor Andrey Sadovy called the “weekend quarantine” nonsense. He said city authorities would not make “unreasonable decisions.” The Lviv City Council announced its intention to appeal the government’s decision in court.
On November 13, the executive committee of the city made a decision, according to which on Saturday and Sunday until November 30 in the Lviv Territory working days were declared for catering establishments, shopping and entertainment centers, cultural institutions, gyms, fitness centers and markets.
“This means that it is impossible to introduce a ‘weekend quarantine’ in Lviv, as we have no days off,” the mayor said.
To this, Stepanov said that the government decree is not about the weekend, but about a specific period of time: from 00:00 hours on Saturday to 00:00 hours on Monday.
In Lviv there will be no “weekend quarantine”. Photo: depositphotos.com
Cherkasy
Cherkassy Mayor Anatoly Bondarenko, now suffering from COVID-19, called the government’s decision a big mistake. According to him, it is not convenient to introduce the “weekend quarantine” for such small towns. He also noted that the restrictions would cause damage to the business and losses to the city budget.
On November 13, the city authorities held a meeting of the safety and technogenic and environmental emergencies commission, in which they decided not to introduce a “weekend quarantine.”
In this sense, in Cherkasy it is allowed:
- free movement around the city;
- receive visitors in catering establishments, even on weekends;
- the work of the mall;
- reception of visitors in gyms, fitness centers, swimming pools;
- receive visitors at other entertainment venues;
- reception of visitors by commercial entities that carry out activities in the field of commerce and consumer services for the population;
- activities of cultural institutions;
- functioning of markets.
Odessa
On November 12, the Odessa City Council announced that they would not introduce “weekend quarantine.” The city will continue to apply restrictions on the “orange” level of epidemic danger.
Ivano-Frankivsk
The Executive Committee of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council adopted a decision on November 13, which declared Saturdays and Sundays until November 30 as business days for catering establishments, gyms, cultural institutions and markets.
Furthermore, the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council decided Appeal against the decision on the “weekend quarantine” and achieve the abolition of fines for establishments that will work on weekends.
“Entrepreneurs must work,” said the city’s mayor, Ruslan Martsinkiv.
Dnieper
In Dnipro, the so-called weekend quarantine will also not be introduced, said Mayor Boris Filatov.
“Dear businessmen, as Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said today:” Mayors cannot cancel what they have not presented. ” But I don’t cancel anything … It’s just that the municipal TBES commission got sick. does not have a quorum. They are tired. And they are not capable of implementing the Cabinet’s decision, ”he wrote.
Photo: Dnipro City Council / Facebook
Filatov urged businessmen to observe the mask regime and quarantine restrictions.
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr also dropped the “weekend quarantine”. The city’s mayor, Sergei Sukhomlin, said authorities had removed the issue of additional restrictions related to the “weekend quarantine” from consideration.
“Personally, I have no moral right to impose additional quarantine restrictions,” he said.
Lutsk
The City Council Secretary, Acting Mayor of Lutsk Hryhoriy Pustovit in an official letter addressed the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denis Shmyhal, with a request to cancel the “weekend quarantine”. The mayor’s office noted that many business entities will incur losses and be on the brink of closure due to new restrictions, which will lead to job cuts.
On November 13, the City Council announced its intention to appeal the government’s decision in court.
“The authorities are looking for opportunities to legally avoid the weekend quarantine in our city and to give businessmen and companies a normal job, and the people of Lutsk live normally and meet their needs in various areas of life. The City Council does not made no further restrictive decisions, “the statement said. message.
Pustovit also asked law enforcement officials not to fine employers for working on weekends.
Ternopil
Ternopil will not introduce a “weekend quarantine,” said Mayor Serhiy Nadal.
“No additional restrictions will be introduced except those that are in effect in the city now,” he said.
Nadal urged businessmen to adhere to measures against the epidemic.
What they say about the decisions of mayors in government
Shmyhal said that the Cabinet of Ministers decision on the “weekend quarantine” should be implemented by all business entities in Ukraine.
“City chiefs do not have the authority to authorize or prohibit the action of government decisions on the territory of a single territorial unit. Government decisions are unconditional and are subject to execution by all business entities located on the territory of Ukraine.” the territory of Ukraine. If this is, for example, a shopping and entertainment center, then it should be closed for the weekend “, – said the prime minister.
Stepanov said that local authorities must control quarantine measures.
“They have elections. They do not think about the people, but about the electorate. They are different things. They need to be popular, so they do it. They do not think about the life and health of the people … All they can do according to the The law is to strengthen such measures. They can do it. And they certainly cannot deal with this anarchy, “the minister said on air on the Ukraine channel on November 13.
As of the morning of November 14, 525,176 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ukraine (12,524 of them in the last day). 9,508 people died during the epidemic, 238,811 recovered.
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