Emergency Commission

The first coronavirus case was confirmed in Lithuania early Friday morning, the country's Health Ministry said.

The Lithuanian government's Emergency Commission recommended on Monday that the government declare a state-level emergency due to the coronavirus threat.

Blaring emergency sirens across Lithuania marked the start of a four-day civil protection exercise aimed at testing the authorities' readiness to respond to a potential nuclear accident at Belarus' Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant.

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly.