The retail space includes a hall for customer service and display of goods, including measuring booths. The area of administrative premises, warehouses and auxiliary premises, workshops, staircases, corridors, sanitary premises is not included in the trade area.
Requirement to secure 30 sq. M. m of retail space per person served will apply to those outlets for which Governments the resolution provides for an exception and allows the service of people who do not meet the criteria of the Opportunity Passport.
Such persons may be served by shops and marketplaces whose main activity is the sale of food, veterinary, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, optical goods and orthopedic technical devices, plants, seeds, fertilizers, provided that the trade place has a separate entrance from the field and its area does not exceed 1500 sq. M. m (or the store is located in a shopping center with an area not exceeding 1500 sq. m).
A shop or marketplace that meets these criteria can decide on its own to serve only shoppers with an Opportunity Passport and inform the National Center for Public Health (NVSC). In this case, the minimum area requirement will not apply to one buyer, but it will be mandatory to ensure that buyers without an Opportunity Passport or equivalent do not enter the point of sale.
The list of outlets that serve only those who meet the criteria of the Opportunity Passport will be published on the NVSC website.
Given the difficult situation in the country’s hospitals, the ministry urges the population to act responsibly, take care of their own and others’ health, especially as the cold season approaches, when the conditions for the spread of various viral diseases are extremely favorable. It is very important to stay at home, do not visit shops or other gathering places and register for a test for COVID-19 online at www.1808.lt or by calling 1808, even if you experience even mild symptoms of upper respiratory diseases.
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