A quarter of trading venues inspected in Lithuania fail to ensure quarantine conditions, with small grocery stores being the major culprits, the country's State Food and Veterinary Service has found.
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Lithuania's police will step up patrols in the country's resorts and at cemeteries to ensure compliance with the existing quarantine conditions over the upcoming long weekend, Interior Minister Rita Tamasuniene said on Thursday.
Lithuania's government has on Wednesday further relaxed the existing quarantine conditions and allowed to resume the sale of non-food goods in marketplaces, taking all necessary precautions, as well as organize outdoor leisure activities, and has also lifted the ban to leave the country.
Certain restrictions will remain even if the quarantine in Lithuania is lifted on May 11, the country's Heath Minister Aurelijus Veryga says.
Everyone’s mental health is being severely challenged during the global pandemic, and access to emotional support is scarce compared to pre-quarantine times.
Lithuania is unlikely to lift the nationwide lockdown on May 11, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Monday.
The Lithuanian government is planning to extend the nationwide coronavirus lockdown until May 11, but will ease the quarantine restrictions in place since mid-March, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday.
Stores located in shopping malls will be able to reopen in the coming days, provided they have outside access, limit their customer flows and adhere to other safety measures, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday.
The Lithuanian government has allowed reopening of some businesses, including non-food retailers, except those located in large shopping malls, and small repair services with direct access from the street.
Over 200 people were fined in Lithuania for flouting the quarantine rules over the Easter long weekend, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Some 2,000 people lose their jobs every day because of the ongoing quarantine in Lithuania, representatives of an informal forum, the Pandemic Economic Group, say, adding that demand for workers is also going down.
The first results of whether people complied with the quarantine requirements during the Easter weekend will be visible after around a week since the end of it, Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says.
The Lithuanian police received 305 reports of quarantine violations over the past 24 hours and drew up 187 administrative violation protocols, Ramunas Matonis, spokesman for the police, told BNS on Thursday.
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday extended the existing quarantine for another two weeks but relaxed some conditions.
Economists estimate that every week of the quarantine in Lithuania, introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus, shrinks the country's annual GDP by 0.5 percent, Finance Minister Vilius Sapoka says.
Entry to all cities and towns in Lithuania will be restricted over the upcoming Easter weekend, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced on Monday.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has signed into law a legislative package introducing tougher penalties for those flouting quarantine rules and broadening the list of authorities that can impose fines for violations, Antanas Bubnelis, the president's spokesman, confirmed to BNS.
Children from social risk families and elderly people have become even more vulnerable during the existing quarantine in Lithuania, and nongovernmental organizations providing assistance to them start lacking funds and volunteers.
Two flights from Minsk to Vilnius will take place under exceptional conditions over the upcoming weekend, Rasa Jakilaitiene, spokeswoman for Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told BNS.
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday imposed a ban, effective from Saturday, on all passenger air and ferry travel, except for the ferry route between the German port of Kiel and Klaipeda.
