During the last day, 45 new Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in Latvian hospitals, and a total of 659 Covid-19 patients were treated in hospitals, according to the National Health Service (NVD) information.
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582 patients have a moderate course of the disease, 77 – have a severe course of the disease. During the last day, 17 patients were discharged from the hospital.
In total, 9,153 patients with Covid-19 were discharged from Latvian hospitals.
???? A total of 659 patients are treated in hospitals:
▫️ new cases of Covid-19 in hospitals – 45;
▫️ 582 with moderate course of disease, 77 with severe course of disease;
▫️ 17 patients were discharged from the hospital during the last day – a total of 9,153.– NVD (@VMNVD) March 14, 2021
It is reported that European On 21 December, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that it had approved the use of the Covid-19 vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, in the European Union (EU). December 26 Latvia received the first cargo with doses of vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech.
December 28 Vaccination against Covid-19 has started in Latvia, as the first to be received by healthcare professionals working with Covid-19 patients in hospitals, as well as by the Emergency Medical Service.
On 6 January, the ESA approved “Modern” vaccine. ASV The vaccine developed by Moderna showed 94.1% efficacy in trials. January 12, in Latvia is received the first consignment of this vaccine with 1,200 vaccines.
On January 29, the ESA approved also the AstraZeneca vaccine. It should be recalled that the implementation of the Latvian Covid-19 vaccination plan was mainly related to AstraZeneca vaccines.
A total of 1,271,870 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are planned, which could vaccinate 635,935 people. This was the largest planned number of people to be vaccinated with a particular vaccine, until Latvia applied for additional supplies of Pfizer vaccines.
Initial reservations of Pfizer vaccines predicted that a total of 297,620 people would be vaccinated with the vaccine in Latvia, but this number could reach 695,360 people after receiving another 795,480 doses.
By comparison, 273,459 people could be vaccinated with both the initial and the additional doses of Moderna that were applied for.
February 7, Latvia received the first AstraZeneca vaccines. Intended with them doctors and pharmacists will be vaccinated first, who have not received the vaccine so far, but then – clients and employees of social care centers, whose vaccination was started on Wednesday, February 10.
Covid-19 vaccines will be paid for from the state budget. Ministry of Health The strategy envisages that vaccination in Latvia will take place gradually. Medical staff will be vaccinated first, followed by social care center clients and staff, followed by other people at risk.
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