On Sunday, June 13, Latvia recorded 90 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
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On Saturday, June 12, Latvia recorded 178 new cases of Covid-19 infection, exactly the same number as on Friday, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
On Friday, June 11, Latvia recorded 178 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
In the first four days of this week, the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 in Latvia was well below that of last week, LETA reported June 11.
On Thursday, June 10, Latvia recorded 196 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
The information technology company TietoEVRY, as well as the Center for Teenager and Youth Psychotherapy, provides free mental health testing for young people aged 12 to 25, Latvian Radio reported June 10.
Latvia has successfully joined the gateway of the EU Digital Covid Certificate that will ensure exchange of information with EU member states on the information included in the digital certificates, the LETA newswire reported, citing information from the National Health Service.
On Wednesday, June 9, Latvia recorded 244 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
If a person does not vaccinate against Covid-19, but will want to access different services by presenting a negative test, the cost of the test will have to be borne by themselves, Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš told Latvian Television June 9.
Last week, the Colombia variant of the Covid-19 virus, known as strain B.1.621, was discovered in Latvia, Jurijs Perevoščikovs, epidemiologist at the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said at the government meeting June 8, according to LETA newswire.
On Tuesday, June 8, Latvia recorded 256 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC). Following Monday's double-digit total, an increased number of tests saw Tuesday's figure back in three figures.
Vaccination against Covid-19 will also take place in shopping malls starting next week, Latvian Radio reported June 7.
The number of cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Latvia has reduced by 60% over the past five weeks, while last week's decrease alone was 20%, the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said June 7.
On Monday, June 7, Latvia recorded 76 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC). It is the first time the daily total has been in double digits since November 2020.
The number of people who received a first shot against Covid-19 has decreased further in the past week, but a record number of people got the second dose, according to the latest data compiled by the National Health Service (NVD) June 7.
On Sunday, June 6, Latvia recorded 135 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
On Saturday, June 5, Latvia recorded 256 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC). The figure is three fewer than the number recorded Friday.
On Friday, June 4, Latvia recorded 259 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
Since June 2, 12-15 year olds are also vaccinated against Covid-19. On the first day, 175 children in this age group received the first shot of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and data are still being entered, Latvian Television reported June 3.
On Thursday, June 3, Latvia recorded 296 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
Over half a million residents of Latvia have got at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to National Health Service (NVD) data of June 2.
By the afternoon of June 2, the digital Covid-19 certificate has already been downloaded by nearly 140,000 people, according to the National Health Service (NVD).
On Wednesday, June 2, Latvia recorded 348 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
Vaccination of teenagers aged 12 to 15 in Latvia begins Wednesday, June 2.
On Monday, June 1, access to the digital Covid-19 certificate started to work. On the first day, by 4 PM the site was visited 238,000 times and 82,000 certificates were downloaded, Latvian Television reported.
The so-called Indian Covid-19 strain has been discovered in nine people over the past five weeks, and one of them has died, Jurijs Perevoščikovs, epidemiologist at the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said at the government meeting on June 1.
On Tuesday, June 1, Latvia recorded 319 new cases of Covid-19 infection, according to the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC).
Vaccination of teenagers aged 12 to 15 in Latvia will begin Wednesday, June 2, according to Health Ministry and health authorities' information presented at a press conference June 1.
Starting Tuesday, June 1st, Latvian residents are able to obtain a digital certificate attesting to the fact of vaccination against Covid-19 or having had the disease. Disruptions to the system are expected on the first day as glitches continue to be ironed out.
The number of cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Latvia has halved over the past month, while weekly decrease is 27%, the Disease Prevention and Control Center (SPKC) said May 31.