In view of the rapidly increasing number of corona infections, Lithuania is quarantining the three largest cities Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda (Memel) as well as five other self-governments. From Wednesday to November 11th,
protective regulations such as a mask requirement in almost all public spaces as well as stricter restrictions in cultural, leisure, entertainment and sports facilities apply. In total, 21 of the 60 municipalities in the Baltic EU country were placed under local quarantine.
The Lithuanian government also classifies a number of countries and regions worldwide as "red" (areas with high risk of infection) and "yellow zones" (areas with moderately high risk of infection). In Germany, Berlin is currently classified as "red".
Travelers who live in Berlin or have stayed there in the past 14 days and are traveling to Lithuania are subject to a quarantine obligation.
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► Schools and daycare centers will remain open: The country leaders and Merkel have agreed that the schools and daycare centers will remain open.
► Stricter contact restrictions: The federal and state governments want to significantly restrict private contacts again. From Monday, only people from two households should be allowed to meet outdoors. The number is limited to a maximum of ten people.
The motto is: REDUCE CONTACTS - to an absolute minimum!
▶ ︎ Celebrations: “Groups of people celebrating in public places, in apartments and in private facilities are unacceptable in view of the serious camps in our country.
According to Chancellor Angela Merkel, the renewed nationwide corona restrictions are intended to bring the spread of the virus back under more control. The development is now at a point where you no longer know where 75 percent of infections are,
said Merkel. So one can no longer say that certain areas do not contribute to the spread. Merkel welcomed the hygiene concepts that had been developed, but at the moment they no longer had sufficient effect in terms of containment.
The Chancellor announced that the federal and state governments will assess the effects two weeks after the restrictions come into force on November 2nd. All of this serves the goal of being able to organize public life better under Corona conditions in December -
Angela Merkels Pressconference after the meeting begun
The anounced restrictions should be in act from November second to end of November. After two weeks the heads of states and Merkel will meet for a summit again.
Over the past 24 hours, at least 1,562 individuals have tested positive for coronavirus and 34 have died due to COVID-19, public health institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced on Wednesday. A sad new record.
Of the 1,408 samples tested in the Republika Srpska (RS) semi-autonomous region of Bosnia, 630 were positive. 14 COVID-19 fatalities were also recorded by the RS.
Of the 2,275 individuals examined, 932 new cases of coronavirus were reported by the other Bosnian body, the Federation (FBiH), while 20 individuals died due to the disease.
From Saturday, Berliners will have to wear mouth and nose covers in other busy squares and streets in the city center. These include Pariser Platz on the east side of the Brandenburg Gate, the Unter den Linden boulevard,
Alexanderplatz and Potsdamer Platz. The number of streets and squares requiring a mask increases to 33, as a spokesman for the health administration said on Wednesday. The "B.Z." had previously reported on the Senate decision.
In order to slow down the corona virus, it has been mandatory to wear a mask on ten streets and squares, including Friedrichstrasse and Kurfürstendamm, since Saturday.
The German federal government is continuing its arms deliveries to countries involved in the Yemen war. The export ban to Saudi Arabia, which leads the military coalition, will continue to apply until the end of the year,
but export permits worth EUR 312 million were issued for Egypt from January to June. This emerges from the interim report on arms export policy in the first half of 2020, which the Federal Ministry of Economics presented,
which puts the country in second place of all permits for third countries - after Israel (533 million euros) and ahead of the USA (266 million euros).