Members of parliament voted in the scaling down of restrictions on 11 March, leaving only mandatory mask wearing in public transport, hospitals and care homes. The petition’s author argues that the measures are inconsistent. Although event organisers can choose to uphold stricter rules, they are not required to do so and gatherings of a large number of people are permitted without mark wearing.

The petition also claims that more and more people are not complying with the obligation to wear masks in public transport and that there is lack of proof correlating public transport usage to covid clusters.

A report by the health ministry last week stated that an increase of 13.9% in infections has been registered during the week of 14 to 20 March compared to the previous one. During this period there were 9 deaths related to the virus. There were 36 patients in the regular care unit (up from 30 the previous week) and three in the intensive care one (down from four). Wastewater monitoring indicated a slight increase in covid-19 contamination.