Covid-19 testing of all passengers on four to six incoming flights will be performed daily at Riga Airport on December 13, regardless of the person’s vaccination or disease status. The decision was made in view of the rapid spread of the new omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, not only in Africa but also in Europe, the Ministry of Health informs.
Flights from the countries with the highest number of imported Covid-19 cases in Latvia will be selected for the screening test: Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Egypt, Poland, Italy, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Spain, Russia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Malta , Ukraine, Georgia, Switzerland.
A representative of Riga Airport explains how the first day in the new testing regime has passed Ilze Salna.
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