Supports the phasing out of security measures: what will take effect from Wednesday?

The first step benefits will take effect on Wednesday, February 16:

children without additional requirements (test, vaccination, disease certificate) will be able to participate in interest education, attend events and use services even without the presence of adults in the “green” mode;
quarantine measures have been lifted in kindergartens if the contact with the Covid-19-infected person has been outside the household and there are no symptoms of the disease. This means, for example, that if there is a Covid-19-infected child in a nursery group, he or she goes into solitary confinement, while the other children can continue to attend the nursery without being quarantined. However, in cases where contact with an infected person is within the household, the child must be quarantined;
outlets will be able to operate without working time restrictions in the future.

The decline is expected to end in late February, therefore The MoE offers more significant measures to reduce security measures from March 1, implementing the second step of the plan.

General safety measures:

to open currently closed industries (indoor entertainment events, gambling, nightclubs, attractions);
abolish working time restrictions;
to increase the maximum number of visitors to organized events (from 500 to 3000 people), to cancel the registration of visitors and the requirement to provide personalized seating (possibility to organize also parking events);
to increase the number of people in private events indoors to 50 people, and outdoors to 100 people (increasing the number of visitors to weddings, funerals, baptisms to 250 people);
to abolish restrictions on the number of group members in amateur activities, sports, education;
abolish the requirement for certificates in retail, similar to Lithuania, maintaining the requirement to provide 15 m2 per visitor;
abolish the restriction on the number of people at tables in catering;
remote work is recommended, 2m distance observation, room ventilation, flow separation;
non-essential entry from all countries with a Covid-19 certificate or a negative Covid-19 test without the requirement for self-isolation and the obligation to complete a Covidpass is possible;
the requirement to use medical masks or at least an FFP2 respirator indoors has been maintained (schools will be able to decide to phase out the use of masks for pupils in grades 1-3).

Covid-19 certificates

The requirement for vaccination, disease certificate has been abolished:

outside;
in retail;
churches, religious events.

At the same time, service providers remain free to choose and provide the service in an epidemiologically safe manner. This does not apply to services that are essential for human rights and public security, such as postal services, public transport services, financial services, which must be accessible to all.

Certificate requirement retained:

public events (sports, cultural events, etc.);
discos, nightclubs, attractions;
sports and amateur activities;
catering, such as cafes, restaurants;
in the provision of personalized services where no masks or FFP2 respirators are used without a valve.

The requirement for a primary vaccination certificate for services has been postponed from 15 February to 1 April.

Certificate requirement retained:

teachers and childcare workers;
social care, health care workers;
public sector employees who serve customers on a daily basis in prisons;
in the provision of services (in which the client must present a certificate), if there is contact with the client;
the right of the employer to evaluate work during the performance of which there is an increased risk of infection (close contact with the service recipient, contact with a large number of people whose vaccination status is unknown, performance of work duties that are essential to ensure business continuity). For these employees, the employer will be entitled to impose an obligation to work only with a vaccination or disease certificate.

The incidence continues to decline from On April 1, it is planned to move to the implementation of the third step of the plan, abolishing all safety measures, maintaining recommendations for the use of medical masks, respirators, observance of distance, and ventilation of the premises. u.c.