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National Coordination Body allows retail outlets to be open until 6 p.m. on Holy Saturday, extends application of several measures
Published on: Apr 17, 2020 • 4:31 AM Author: PR Service
The National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases agreed at today's session to allow retail outlets to be opened on Saturday, 18 April, until 6 p.m.: pharmacies, food, beverage and hygiene facilities, specialized facilities for the sale of baby equipment, construction products, plant protection products and planting products, animal nutrition and treatment products, agricultural machinery and funeral equipment. At the same time, it was agreed that the measure banning the citizens to leave the dwelling should be implemented on Saturday, 18 April, from 7 p.m. instead from 1 p.m.
The measure was taken acknowledging the increased need of citizens who will spend Easter holidays with their families and considering the epidemiological risk posed by crowded retail outlets.
At the same time, the National Coordination Body registered in stores across Montenegro that the obligation to wear protective equipment and the required social distance were not respected. Inspections are urged to enhance controls and sanctions, including the closure of facilities. A frequent occurrence of disregarding the prohibition of movement within the group was observed in Podgorica. We warn citizens that group gatherings and movements are a violation of orders and a high epidemiological risk.
The National Coordination Body, considering the implementation of the temporary measures and recommendations adopted, agreed, on the basis of the Proposal of the Public Health Institute, to extend several measures.
The following temporary measures for the protection of health and life of citizens have been extended until 2 May:
1) All cruisers and yachts are prohibited from entering into ports: Bar, Budva, Kotor, Kumbor – Portonovi port, Tivat (Gat I and Gat II) and Zelenika.
2) Gatherings of citizens in indoor and outdoor public places (public gatherings, public events, sports, political, religious, cultural and artistic, and private gatherings, ceremonies and events, in line with the law) are banned.
3) Ban on visiting persons who are in hospital treatment in health care institutions and persons accommodated in social and childcare institutions.
4) Ban on visiting persons deprived of their liberty and detainees, except for lawyers and court experts under the court decision and on visiting persons who are serving a prison sentence.
5) Suspension of work at public and private educational institutions.
During closure, one of the parents/guardians/foster parents/adoptive parents or a single parent of a child not older than 11 years of age, shall be granted the right to paid absence, except for employees in the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Defence, the National Security Agency, the Ministry of the Interior, the Police Directorate, the Customs Administration, the Directorate for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, institutions for accommodation of persons in the field of social and child protection, the Directorate for Execution of Criminal Sanctions, protection and rescue services and other authorities and services, whose activities are assessed as necessary by the National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases.
5a) Suspension of work of social-medical commissions of first instance in the social welfare institutions, in the field of social and child protection.
6) Closure of border crossings for passenger border traffic to:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Šćepan Polje - Hum, the Plužine - Foča road; Šula – Vitina border crossing, the Pljevlja – Foča road;
- Republic of Albania: Grnčar - Baškim, the Plav - Shkoder road; Sukobin – Murićani, the Ulcinj - Shkoder road;
- Republic of Croatia: Kobila - Vitina, the Herceg Novi - Vitina - Dubrovnik road;
- Republic of Serbia: Ranče - Jabuka, the Pljevlja – Prijepolje road and Vuče – Godova, the Rožaje – Tutin road.
7) Ban on traveling from Montenegro to
- Japan,
- France,
- Germany,
- Switzerland,
- Denmark,
- Austria;
8) Returners i.e. passengers in international traffic coming from
- Japan,
- France,
- Germany,
- Switzerland,
- Denmark,
- Slovenia,
- Austria
must be placed under health and sanitary control.
9) The Property Administration to procure additional quantities of hygiene products, as well as means for disinfecting hands, workplaces and equipment, according to the priorities, primarily for the needs of educational institutions and health care institutions.
10) Suspension of public transport of passengers in international road, rail and air traffic except for irregular charter transport, organised for returning of Montenegrin nationals and foreign nationals back to their home country, with the consent of the National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases.
11) Obligation of state authorities, state administration bodies, local self-government bodies and local governments to consider expired personal documents issued after 2008 (identity card, passport and driver's license), held by citizens, on the basis of which they exercise their rights or fulfill their obligations before these authorities, as valid.
12) The number of citizens at the public service counters in the units and branches of the Ministry of the Interior and other state administration bodies is limited, so that the maximum number of citizens allowed cannot be higher than the number of existing public service counters, regardless of the room surface.
The National Coordination for Communicable Diseases has formed the Operational Staff for the Tourism Economy. It was decided that this staff should be composed of representatives of the Ministry of Sustainable Development in Tourism, the Ministry of Transport and Maritime Affairs, the National Tourism Organisation, the Airports of Montenegro, the Public Company Morsko dobro, the Montenegrin Tourism Association, the Police Directorate and the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro. The aim of this staff is to assist Montenegrin tourism in overcoming the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The National Coordination Body agreed with the Decision of the Crisis Medical Staff that the equipment donated by the People's Republic of China, which is due to arrive in Montenegro tonight, should be sent to the Special Hospital for Orthopedics, Neurosurgery and Neurology "Vaso Ćuković" in Risan.
PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO
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ALL MEASURES AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATION BODY: http://www.gov.me/en/homepage/measures_and_recommendations/
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