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According to her, the restrictions should be focused on those processes or human behaviors that contribute to the spread of the virus – contacts and human mobility.
“The next ones, if necessary, we hope that no, restrictions – now more restrictions than security measures – will be aimed at even stricter restrictions on the gathering and movement of people,” Nikķele explained, adding that what is happening in other countries is used as an example.
“We haven’t had to do it so strictly so far – for example, so strictly that even being outside the home is regulated,” the politician said of the restrictions imposed elsewhere. She found, among other things, that the experience of other countries showed that they would be even wider restrictions on trade. At present, only supermarkets in Latvia have separate shops on weekends, while there are countries where only pharmacies and grocery stores are actually open.
“We will not be able to come up with anything new and original. We will have to follow the path that many have taken. European countries, “summarized Herķele, while expressing hope that the existing restrictions will still be able to stop the increase in morbidity.
It has already been reported that from Monday to December 6 there is an emergency situation in the country, which simultaneously introduced a number of new Covid-19 containment safety measures.
Among other things, they provide for the abolition and prohibition of all public events in person during an emergency. This prohibition shall not apply to outdoor meetings, marches and pickets with up to 50 participants.
During an emergency, private events allow a maximum of ten people to gather at the same time and no more than two households, except for a funeral. No more than ten people are allowed to gather at the funeral at the same time, but from several households.
In places of culture, exhibitions, sports and places of religious activity, work may begin no earlier than 6 am and end no later than 8 pm, except for sports centers, which may end no later than 10 pm.
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