Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Lithuania i kāna mau palena COVID-19 no nā ʻāina EU/EEA āpau a hoʻomau i ka hōʻoluʻolu iā lākou no nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Mai ka lā 15 o Pepeluali, nā malihini a pau mai EU/EEA a me kekahi o nā ʻāina ʻaʻole o EU—Israel, ka USA, ka UAE, New Zealand, Georgia, Taiwan, Ukraine—ʻaʻole e koi hou ʻia e hāʻawi i kahi palapala kano, palapala no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, a i ʻole kahi hōʻike COVID-19 maikaʻi ʻole i ke komo ʻana i Lithuania.
E hoʻomaka ana mai Malaki 31, e koi ʻia nā malihini mai nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe e hōʻike i kahi palapala hōʻoia, palapala no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana, a i ʻole kahi hoʻāʻo COVID-19 maikaʻi ʻole, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole pono lākou e hoʻāʻo hou a hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho. Eia kekahi, hiki ke komo i ka ʻāina ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Nuvaxovid (Novavax) a me Covishield (AstraZeneca).
ʻO kēia hoʻoholo i lawe ʻia e ke aupuni Lithuania ma muli o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a ka ʻO ka Hui Ola Ola (WHO) e hoʻokiʻekiʻe a hōʻoluʻolu paha i nā palena huakaʻi, no ka mea, hiki i nā hana COVID-19 lōʻihi ke hoʻopilikia i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka nohona. Ma hope o ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia mau hoʻololi, ʻo Lithuania kekahi o nā ʻāina ākea loa o ʻEulopa e pili ana i ka huakaʻi honua.
"ʻO Lithuania kekahi o nā ʻāina mua ma ka ʻāina e pane wikiwiki a maʻalahi i ka loli ʻana o ka maʻi. Hoʻouna ʻia nā mea paʻa i kahi ʻōlelo maikaʻi i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Lithuania holoʻokoʻa, ka mea i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, "wahi a Aušrinė Armonaitė, ke Kuhina Waiwai a me nā ʻoihana hou o Lithuania.
"ʻAʻole e lawelawe nā mea paʻa ma mua i ke kumu like a he hopena maikaʻi wale nō ia i ka ʻoihana, ʻike ʻia ke ʻano o ka maʻi maʻi i kēia manawa. He nūhou maikaʻi nō hoʻi kēia no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi a me nā Lithuania e noho ana i nā ʻāina ʻē no ka mea e maʻalahi nā hui ʻelua i kēia manawa ke hele mai i Lithuania.
Ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi, kokoke 2 miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2019. Me ka ʻoi aku o ka €977.8M i hoʻohana ʻia e nā malihini i kēlā makahiki, ua lilo ka mākaʻikaʻi i wahi nui o ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana e alakaʻi i nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻāina i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki ʻana i ke komo ʻana i Lithuania mai EUʻAʻole ʻokoʻa nā ʻāina i kēia manawa mai nā lula i kūpono i ka wā pre-pandemic.
Ua wehe ʻia ka hapa nui o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ma Lithuania a ʻae i ka poʻe malihini e ʻimi i ka ʻāina me nā palena palekana liʻiliʻi e like me ke kau ʻana i nā masks lapaʻau ma nā wahi ākea ākea a me nā respirators grade FFP2 i nā hanana o loko.