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National Coordination Body extends temporary measures adopted on 15 March until 15 April

Published on: Apr 1, 2020 5:30 PM Author: PR Service
The National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases agreed to extend the temporary measures adopted on 15 March until 15 April. 

The extended temporary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus and protect the health of citizens are as follows:

1) prohibition for foreigners to enter the country, except foreigners with permanent or temporary residence in Montenegro and foreigners who operate motor vehicles used for traffic of goods. The traffic of goods for the needs of Montenegro and for transit remains unhindered, with special measures of health and sanitary control; 

2) compulsory self-isolation for all Montenegrin nationals, as well as for foreigners who have permanent or temporary residence in Montenegro, who come from abroad, based on the decision of the health and sanitary inspection; 

Self-isolation means staying in family household, while the health status of this person, as well as all members of the household is monitored by the competent hygienic and epidemiological service, for 14 days;

4) closure of disco clubs/bars and nightclubs/bars; 

5) closure of catering facilities - cafes, pubs, cafeterias, restaurants and bars, except catering facilities that deliver food and offer takeout, with a ban on the stay of guests in the facilities;

6) ban on providing shopping and catering services in shopping malls; 

7) closure of children's playrooms;

8) closure of fitness centres; 

9) closure of casinos, betting shops and gambling houses;

10) limiting the number of customers, based on the area of the retail outlet – only one person on 10 square meters. Regardless of the area, no more than 50 consumers are allowed to be in a retail outlet at the same time. 

Exceptions are farmer's markets and bazaars, where the number of customers who can be in the facility at the same time is limited to 100;

11) responsible persons in trade facilities are obliged to maintain distance of at least 2 meters between people in front of the facility, cash registers or sectors where goods are served by employees;

12) responsible persons in trade facilities are obliged to ensure the implementation of health and protection measures prescribed by the Institute for Public Health of Montenegro;

13) responsible persons in the trade facilities are obliged to display at the entrance of the facility notice on the maximum number of persons allowed to enter the facility at the same and to organise the implementation of this measure;

14) municipalities, the Capital City and the Old Royal Capital are obliged to identify, in cooperation with the municipal crisis staffs, potential facilities which would be used for the implementation of quarantine measures, in line with the Rulebook on closer conditions and methods for organising and implementing health surveillance and quarantine and the conditions that the quarantine facilities must meet (Official Gazette of Montenegro 13/20) and propose to the Ministry of Health for further quarantine determination procedure.

PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO
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