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Level of public vaccination against Covid-19 now depends on residents willingness to vaccinate - minister 2021-05-05 LETA/TBT Staff RIGA - Mass vaccination against Covid-19 in Latvia has begun, and the level of public vaccination will now depend purely on the will of the population to get vaccinated, Minister of Health Daniels Pavluts (For Development) told Latvian Radio this morning. The Minister emphasized that the provision of vaccines against Covid-19 and the technical side of vaccination...

On Monday Latvia received 79,560 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines RIGA, May 3 (LETA) - On Monday Latvia received 79,560 Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines, which is so far the largest batch of this vaccine received by Latvia, Health Minister Daniels Pavluts (For Development) said in a Twitter post. The vaccines will be distributed among the large vaccination centers, medical institutions and family physicians, said Pavluts. According to the National Health Service data, Latvia so far has used up 100,285...

Covid-19 outbreak established at accommodation center for asylum seekers at Mucenieki RIGA, April 29 (LETA) - A Covid-19 outbreak has been established at the accommodation center for asylum seekers in Mucenieki, according to Thursdays government meeting. Jurijs Perevoscikovs, director of the Department of Infectious Disease Risk Analysis and Prevention at the Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC), said that during the epidemiological investigation, cases of the virus had been detected...

Intolerance, homophobia and violence have no place in our society - Karins 2021-04-27 Photo: Saeima RIGA - Intolerance, homophobia and violence have no place in our society, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) said on Monday after the coalition meeting in connection with a recent tragic incident in Tukums. The public needs clarity about what happened in Tukums, the Prime Minister said in response to a question LETA. Asked whether the investigation into the Tukums incident could be carr...

Just over 2,800 people have been vaccinated on the first day of operation of mass vaccination centers, according to the data of the National Health Service (NVD), the LETA newswire reported. Due to the fact that data on vaccinated individuals are not entered immediately at vaccination sites, the number of vaccinated individuals may increase slightly. However, the figure is below some of the daily totals recorded before the opening of the mass vaccination centers. Fo...

Pavluts hopes that vaccination with AstraZeneca vaccine could resume already this week RIGA, March 16 (LETA) - Health Minister Daniels Pavluts (For Development) remains cautious in predicting when vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 could be resumed in Latvia, but he hopes that it will happen as soon as possible, maybe even this week, when the European Medicines Agency (EMA) will present its report. In a telephone interview with TV3 this morning, Pavluts said that on Thurs...

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RIGA - The Covid-19 vaccine does that Oribalt Riga failed to deliver to vaccination rooms on Wednesday, are currently being distributed by two o...

RIGA - Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) proposes putting the armed forces in charge of Covid-19 vaccine logistics. 
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Latvia will be ready for mass vaccination at the beginning of April - Karins 2021-03-10 Photo: FinnishGovernment RIGA - In anticipation of larger deliveries of vaccines in early April, Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) expressed confidence that Latvia will be prepared for handling large volumes of vaccines and mass vaccination in order to reduce the spread of Covid-19 in the country in rapid steps. At a press conference on Wednesday, after meeting with President Egils Levits, Karins ...