The Lithuanian Health Ministry will allow voters in self-isolation due to COVID-19 to vote in special drive-in polling sites to be set up in six municipalities for next week's runoff parliamentary election.
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The Lithuanian government on Wednesday decided to only apply the self-isolation requirement to people arriving from countries with higher coronavirus incidence rates.
Lithuania's Ministry of Health has updated its list of coronavirus-affected countries and put Germany, Iceland and San Marino on the self-isolation list, as well as Poland and Estonia with certain exceptions.
Lithuania is of next week raising the threshold at which countries are considered affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to 25 cases per 100,000 people over the past 14 days, from 16 cases currently, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Friday.
The period of mandatory self-isolation for people returning to Lithuania from abroad is likely to be reduced from 14 days to ten as of September 15, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Thursday.
Lithuania would back softening of self-isolation requirements for incoming people by increasing the rate threshold that makes self-isolation mandatory, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says, adding that a common position of the EU or at least the Baltic states is needed for that.
Lithuania and Estonia have exceeded the coronavirus threshold agreed by the Baltic states that triggers mandatory 14-day self-isolation, according to the latest results from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
Decisions on the possibility to shorten the existing 14-day self-isolation period, if a coronavirus test is taken, are due next week, Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga says.
On Tuesday 29 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. Overall, it adds to 2958 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country.
Mandatory 14-day self-isolation for Lithuanians returning from Poland, the Netherlands, Iceland, Cyprus and Turkey comes into force on Monday.
Lithuania will on Monday introduce mandatory 14-day self-isolation for Lithuanians returning from Poland, the Netherlands, Iceland, Cyprus and Turkey, the Health Ministry said on Friday.
Lithuania will decide on Friday if to impose a mandatory 14-day self-isolation period for arrivals from Poland, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said, adding that "there is a good chance" that the neighboring country will be on the updated coronavirus "blacklist".
The Ministry of Health has updated the list of countries most affected by coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Self-isolation will be mandatory for those coming from the listed countries. The list applies to the residents of our country returning to Lithuania and to those foreigners who hold a permissi...
The Latvian citizens who will come to work in Lithuania having received the Lithuanian government's special permission will have to spend 14 days in self-isolation.
