Lithuania extends internal border control until mid-September


  • World
  • Thursday, 13 Aug 2020

VILNIUS, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Lithuanian government decided to extend the European Union's internal border control until Sept. 14 due to the current situation and trends as regards the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministry of the Interior announced in a press release Wednesday.

"As before, border control will be carried out at the seaports and airports... The number of illnesses has not been decreasing and we must all act responsibly," Rita Tamasiuniene, Minister of the Interior, was quoted as saying in the release.

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