The new restrictions on physical proximity apply to public indoor and outdoor activities and establish the rule that no more than two people may meet and that they must maintain a distance from each other of at least two meters.
Furthermore, during the state of emergency meetings are prohibited - except for the holding of funeral ceremonies outdoors, which will also be subject to a two-meter inter-personal distance.
Any public events, as well as meetings, marches and pickets are prohibited. Indoor sports and religious activities are also prohibited.
All encounters in public spaces - indoor, outdoor and communal areas - must comply with the two-meter distancing rule as well.
The only exceptions to the two-person, two-meter rule are persons living in the same household or their parents and their minor children if they do not live in the same household. More than two persons may also meet in one place if it is an essential part of their workplace duties.
Supermarkets and catering facilities will be able to accommodate a number of persons, to be determined by order of the Minister for the Economy, providing the two-meter distance and other epidemiological security measures are observed.
From now on, supplies of medicines, medical devices, personal protective equipment and disinfectants will primarily have to meet national needs.
The Minister of Defense will decide on providing the support of the National Armed Forces to the State Border Guard and the State Police, as well as to the civil protection system.
At the request of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the National Police will be able to request information from electronic communications merchants on specific individuals who may have the status of infected or contact persons to conduct epidemiological investigations and verify the accuracy of the information provided by the person - in other words, quarantine-breakers will in theory be easier to trace.
The government later released the above information in English too, and the text is worth reading.
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš said the restrictions come into force March 30 and are the result of advice received from epidemiologists.
Sekojot epidemiologu norādēm, no rītdienas būs spēkā stingrāki fiziskās distancēšanās ierobežojumi - aizliegta vairāk kā 2 cilvēku pulcēšanās, visur jāievēro 2 m distance. Noteikums neattiecas uz vienas mājsaimniecības locekļiem un profesionālo pienākumu veikšanu. #paliecmājās
— Krišjānis Kariņš (@krisjaniskarins) March 29, 2020
