Stacker: Riga schools are ready for face-to-face studies

Stacker: Riga schools are ready for face-to-face studies

Mass testing of unvaccinated students, which started this week, is not going well in Riga either, but they are all to be solved. This is what the mayor of the capital said today, August 27, reporting on the readiness of schools for the new school year, reports TV3 News. Of course, taking the Covid-19 saliva … Read more

Latvia has dropped to 24th place in Europe in the prevalence of Covid-19

Latvia has dropped to 24th place in Europe in the prevalence of Covid-19

Due to the deteriorating epidemiological situation in Europe, Latvia has dropped to 24th place in the last two weeks among the 30 countries of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) with the highest infection rates with Covid-19, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). ). In the … Read more

Cumulative Covid-19 incidence in the EU and EEA increased by 68% during the week

Cumulative Covid-19 incidence in the EU and EEA increased by 68% during the week

During the week, the cumulative 14-day incidence of Covid-19 per 100,000 population in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries has increased by 68%, LETA was told by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC). data collected by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). During the week, the … Read more

Self-isolation is no longer required after entry from the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark and Slovenia

Self-isolation is no longer required after entry from the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark and Slovenia

From Saturday, July 3, no immigrants from the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark and Slovenia have to observe self-isolation when entering Latvia, according to the information of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC). People who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will still have to comply with the ten-day self-isolation when returning from Great Britain, … Read more

For the third week in a row, Latvia has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 incidence in Europe

For the third week in a row, Latvia has one of the highest rates of Covid-19 incidence in Europe

Over the past two weeks, the incidence of Covid-19 has continued to fall in most of Europe, so despite improvements in Latvia, Latvia is still in third place among the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries with the highest infection rates. Covid-19, according to data collected by the European Center for Disease … Read more

SPKC: Currently, the incidence of norovirus infection is increasing in Latvia

SPKC: Currently, the incidence of norovirus infection is increasing in Latvia

Currently, there are outbreaks of norovirus infection in Latvia in several Latvian pre-school educational institutions, the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) informed. SPKC statistics, in the period from the beginning of the year to mid-May, 35 cases of acute intestinal infection group disease (two and more cases) were registered with 316 patients in … Read more

The list of SPKC self-isolating countries enters into force

The list of SPKC self-isolating countries enters into force

On Saturday, April 17, the current list of countries of the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) will come into force, from which self-isolation must be observed when returning to Latvia. According to the SPKC list, as before, self-isolation must still be observed after returning to Latvia from all European Union (EU) and European … Read more

No changes in the SPKC list: self-isolation exceptions apply when returning from the Vatican and Iceland – Latvia – News

No changes in the SPKC list: self-isolation exceptions apply when returning from the Vatican and Iceland – Latvia – News

The self-isolation threshold in Latvia is currently set at 50 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. This figure is lower among the EU and EEA countries only in the Vatican and Iceland. Currently, the highest incidence is in the Czech Republic, where the figure is 1518.3 cases per 100,000 population. – Self-isolation in Latvia must still be … Read more

The Prime Minister has been in contact with a Covid-19 infected

The Prime Minister has been in contact with a Covid-19 infected

Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) has been in contact with a person infected with Covid-19, therefore he has found himself in self-isolation. The prime minister announced it on the microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday night. “I have been in contact with a person who has developed symptoms typical of Covid-19. Until I get the test … Read more

On Monday, 278 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Latvia, 6 people died – in Latvia – News

On Monday, 278 new cases of Covid-19 were registered in Latvia, 6 people died – in Latvia – News

The proportion of positive cases in the past day was 4.6%. The SPCC has previously explained that this figure is considered important in the European Union, as above 4%, the spread of the disease is considered to be rapid and uncontrolled. – One person died in the age group from 70 to 75, two in … Read more