The employee, who has been diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus, works in the administrative building of the Freeport of Ventspils Authority at Jāņa Street 19. At present, the circle of contact persons for whom mandatory quarantine has been established has already been identified. At the same time, in order to prevent risks to the spread of the virus, changes will be made in the work organization, with employees working at Jāņa Street 19 performing work duties remotely as far as possible. Reception of visitors at Jāņa Street 19 will be prohibited for the time being.
The Authority emphasized that the restrictions would not affect the organization of shipping in the port in any way. Already two weeks ago, the management of the Ventspils Freeport Authority decided to renew enhanced security measures in the Harbor Master’s Office, therefore the above-mentioned case does not affect this service in any way.
It has also been decided to stop driving passengers on the excursion boat “Hercogs Jēkabs” and to receive tourists from the Oviši, Užava and Akmeņrags lighthouses managed by the Ventspils Freeport Authority as of October 19.
It has already been reported that 58 new cases of Covid-19 were registered last day, according to data compiled by the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC).
A person infected with Covid-19 in the age group of 70 to 75 also died last day.
During the last day, 2690 Covid-19 examinations have been performed, meanwhile a total of 390 971 examinations have been performed in Latvia so far, 3450 persons have become ill, but 1329 have recovered.
The proportion of positive cases against those tested last day was 2.1%. The SPCC has previously explained that this figure is considered important in the European Union, as above 3%, the spread of the disease is considered to be rapid and uncontrolled.
The SPKC promises to publish more detailed information on new cases later.
According to the National Health Service, a total of seven Covid-19 patients were hospitalized last day. A total of 72 patients are treated in hospitals, of whom 66 have a moderate course of disease and six have a severe course of the disease. A total of 284 patients were discharged from the hospital, including both recovered and dead.
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