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National Coordination Body agrees to ease measures: ban on movement lifted, catering facilities and shopping malls reopen…
Published on: May 13, 2020 • 5:30 AM Author: PR Service
The National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases, at today's thematic session "Economy of Montenegro towards a new reality", chaired by its President Milutin Simović, agreed to amend orders to ease temporary measures against the coronavirus spread.
Lifting the ban on movement and internal traffic
In accordance with the favourable development of the epidemiological situation, it was agreed that from Friday, 15 May, the temporary measure of banning the movement from 23:00 to 05:00 will be lifted, as well as to start the gradual normalisation of traffic within Montenegro.
As of Friday, traffic in passenger and TAXI vehicles is allowed on the entire territory of Montenegro, and from Monday, public road and railway transport. As of Friday, the temporary measure that a maximum of two adults can be transported in a passenger vehicle is abolished. Both passenger and public transport still imply the use of protective masks, except in passenger transport in the case when members of the family household are transported in the vehicle. Standing on public transport is still prohibited.
Catering facilities, shopping malls and beaches/bathing areas reopen
From Friday, the work of catering facilities and shopping malls and the use of beaches/bathing areas is possible.
Caterers are obliged to organise the work, as follows:
- to prominently display, at the entrance/exit to the catering facility, a notice on the prescribed temporary measures of prevention and control of the novel coronavirus with instructions for their application;
- a maximum of four guests are allowed to sit at the table, unless the guests are members of a joint family household, when it is possible for several guests to sit at the same table;
- to provide a distance of at least 2m between the tables, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to ensure that employees wear protective masks;
- to provide hand sanitizes to employees, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to provide hand sanitizers to customers at the entrance/exit of the catering facility, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to disable the self-service, standing and staying in front of the bar;
- to provide regular maintenance of hygiene and disinfection of common areas, furniture, equipment, etc., in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro; and
- to provide marked places for hygienic waste disposal in the catering facility (inside the facility and on the terrace/garden).
Companies, other legal entities and entrepreneurs engaged in the provision of tourist services at beaches and bathing areas are obliged to organise their work, as follows:
- to prominently display, at the entrance/exit to the bathing area/beach, a notice on the prescribed temporary measures for prevention and control of the novel coronavirus (beach furniture arrangement, disinfection, etc.), with instructions for their application;
- to provide a distance between the sets of beach furniture of at least 2m, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to provide a social distance of at least 2 m, except for members of the joint family household, on public bathing areas where the beach furniture is not installed, in accordance with the instructions of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to provide regular maintenance of hygiene and disinfection of beach furniture and equipment (deck chair, changing cabins, shower cabins, props for children, etc.), in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- in showers, drinking fountains and toilets on the beach/bathing area, it is obligatory to install disinfectants, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro; and
- to provide marked places for hygienic waste disposal on the beach/bathing area.
Users of unarranged bathing areas are obliged to respect a distance of at least 2m, except for members of the joint family household.
Owners/users and managers of shopping malls and legal entities and entrepreneurs engaged in indoor trade on stands/stalls are obliged to organise their work, as follows:
- to prominently display, at the entrance/exit to the shopping mall, a notice on the prescribed temporary measures of prevention and control of the novel coronavirus with instructions for their application;
- to limit the number of customers/visitors who can be in the shopping mall/sales area at the same time, i.e. one customer on 10 m2 in each facility in the shopping mall, with the obligation to respect the social distance of at least 2m;
- to provide mandatory control of the number of customers/visitors in the shopping mall/area, i.e. in each facility in the shopping mall;
- to clearly mark the obligatory direction of movement of customers/visitors (specify the entrance and exit);
- to provide hand sanitizers to customers/visitors at the entrance/exit to the shopping mall, i.e. in each facility in the shopping mall, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to provide hand sanitizers to employees, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro;
- to ensure that employees and costumers/visitors wear protective masks;
- to provide regular maintenance of hygiene and disinfection of common areas, in accordance with the recommendations of the Public Health Institute of Montenegro; and
- provide marked places for hygienic waste disposal.
Owners/users and managers of shopping malls are also obliged to provide/mark a distance of at least 2m between costumers/visitors who are in front of the shopping mall.
The ban on the work of cinemas in shopping malls remains in force.
Sport
The National Coordination Body has agreed to start the announced second phase of easing temporary measures in sports on Friday, 15 May. Indoor and outdoor activities that can be performed in groups will also be allowed, but for larger team sports, the possibility of dividing the team into smaller groups during training should be taken into account, when possible.
It was decided that the third phase of easing measures in sports, in which it will be possible to organise sports competitions without the presence of the audience, which was announced for 1 June, will begin on 30 May.
Donations
The National Coordination Body adopted the sixth Report of the Operational Staff for Donations Management, stating that in the previous two weeks there were no new outflows from the account.
Outflows from the National Coordination Body's account, since its opening on 19 March 2020, have remained unchanged and amount to EUR 1,757,173.33. (Weekly outflow overview can be downloaded here)
According to the report of the Operational Staff, the total inflow on the account for the period from 19 March to 12 May 2020 amounted to slightly more than EUR 8 million, i.e. EUR 7,982,468.85 and 75,971.72 US dollars.
In accordance with the aforementioned, the balance on the account of the National Coordination Body on Monday, 12 May at 9:00 a.m. is EUR 6,225,295.52 and 75,971.72 US dollars.
Temporary hospitals, Clinical Centre of Montenegro's protection and illegal public gatherings in Nikšić
The National Coordination Body stated that the temporary hospitals had been disbanded and that the equipment had been stored. Consent was given to the cessation of the need for the Armed Forces of Montenegro to provide protection to the Clinical Centre of Montenegro.
The National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases stated that the epidemiological risk in Nikšić has significantly increased due to tonight's illegal public gathering. The State Prosecutor's Office and the Supreme State Prosecutor are urged to take urgent legal measures within their competence and prosecute the organisers immediately, without any delay or hesitance.
It was stated that the development of the epidemiological situation in Nikšić will be analyzed in the coming days with special attention, and that appropriate epidemiological measures will be adopted in accordance with the results to be determined.
PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO
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