News in light language on July 23 / Article

Latvia – one of the last sites in the EU for vaccination against Covid-19

Latvia still ranks one of the last places in the European Union in terms of the number of recipients of the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.

In Latvia, 44% of adults have received at least one dose of vaccine, while 40.7% have completed the vaccination process.

This is evidenced by data collected by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control for the period up to 18 July.

In Europe, it is becoming increasingly difficult to motivate people to be vaccinated against Covid-19

In many parts of Europe, it is becoming increasingly difficult to persuade people to be vaccinated.

This is largely because those who wanted to get the pot have already done so.

Governments must now speak out against indecisive and vaccine opponents.

As a result, there has been increasing talk in recent days in France, Italy and Greece about compulsory vaccination and the wider use of Covid-19 digital certificates in public places.

This has caused huge frustration.

The activities of Covid-19 opponents are growing in Latvia

The state security services observe that the activities of vaccination opponents and Covid-19 deniers are growing in Latvia.

Some opinion leaders gather like-minded people on social networks.

Various anti-vaccination groups are also growing rapidly there.

Aggression has also gone beyond social networks.

For example, in the stairwells of Alūksne apartment buildings, flyers with invitations not to be vaccinated have been posted at message boards, mailboxes and windowsills.

The Adugs case has been referred to court

The Prosecutor’s Office has transferred a criminal case to the court in the case of Latgale confectionery company “Adugs”.

Three people have been charged with trafficking in an organized group.

One of the persons was also accused of intentionally causing minor injuries.

Another 92 illegal immigrants are apprehended in Lithuania every day

Another 92 illegal immigrants were apprehended in Lithuania in the last day.

They have crossed the state border with Belarus illegally.

This is reported by border guards.

Latvia will assist Lithuania in connection with immigrants

In order to support Lithuania during the increased flow of migrants, Latvia will send assistance to the neighboring country from the resources of the state material reserves.

It is decided by the government.

Latvia will send Lithuania two modular tents and one large tent, electricity generators and lighting equipment worth approximately 124 thousand euros.

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