Montenegro introduced the mandatory requirement of a COVID certificate for visiting children's playrooms, religious sites, sports halls, cinemas, theaters, and concert halls.
The same restrictions continue to apply to visits to indoor restaurant areas, concerts, and sporting events, both outdoors and indoors.
However, the introduction of a national digital COVID certificate in public administration is postponed until the Ministry of Justice makes a clear statement on the legal basis for such a possible decision, Health Minister Jelena Borovinić Bojović said at today's press conference.
“A meeting will be organized on this matter next week at the Ministry of Justice, to which Ombudsman Siniša Bjeković and Montenegro's representative at the European Court of Human Rights, Valentina Pavličić, will be invited,” the minister said.
He notes that, on the initiative of the Ministry of Health, weekly meetings are being held with representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Defense, the Directorate for Inspection Affairs, and the Police Directorate.
“We asked the Ministry of Public Administration to conduct an anonymous survey in order to determine the exact coverage of immunized people in public administration, so as to reach those who are still thinking about vaccination, because the plan is to organize targeted immunization for those who are interested. Public administration should be an example,” Borovinić Bojović said.
At the moment, full vaccination has been completed by about 85% of the total number of employees at the Ministry of Health.
For the New Year holidays, the Government of Montenegro is easing quarantine measures
During the Christmas holidays on December 24 and 25, as well as on New Year's Eve, December 31, and January 1, and on January 6–7, the restriction on restaurant opening hours until midnight does not apply.
During this period, live music is allowed, both in restaurants and outdoors, but all visitors and staff inside restaurant premises must have COVID certificates.