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It also follows from the amendments to the law that from 20 November, the state will have to distribute personal protective equipment or masks provided by the state to low-income institutions.
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The law also stipulates a similar regulation that local governments ensure that from November 20, mouth and nose masks are available to needy and low-income people. According to the representative of the Ministry of Justice Laila Medina, for this purpose it is planned to purchase reusable masks worth two euros, which can be washed at least 30 times.
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The date for the distribution of masks is set to November 20, because the large purchase of masks is planned to be made by November 15.
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The President has also announced amendments to the Law “On the Protection of the Body of a Dead Person and the Use of Human Tissues and Organs in Medicine”. The amendments provide for an extension of one year for the introduction of the e-health function, which will allow a person to express his or her will to use his or her body and organs after death in this system.
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This feature in the e-health platform is now scheduled to be implemented on February 1, 2022.
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If there is no information in the information system about the deceased person’s intention to prohibit or allow the use of his body, tissues and organs after death, the medical institution will be obliged to find out the deceased person’s will from the nearest relative or by contacting the next of kin. The information provided by the next of kin will be recorded in the donor’s medical records. If the information provided by the next of kin is contradictory, the use of the body, tissues and organs of the deceased is prohibited.
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If information about a person’s will is not recorded in the information system, as well as it cannot be provided by the next of kin, the deceased person’s consent to allow the use of his or her body, tissues and organs after death is presumed, according to the law.
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Amendments to the Law on Song and Dance Festival have also been announced, which stipulates that the Cabinet of Ministers will have the right to decide on the XII Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival in 2020 until the end of 2021 due to the epidemiological situation related to Covid-19. ensuring its compliance with the restrictions, precautionary measures and requirements for indoor and outdoor gatherings at public events set out in regulatory enactments related to the spread of Covid-19.
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