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In the context of the recent shortage of medicines, the increase in antibiotic consumption in Latvia is raising attention. Doctors often prescribe them even in the event of a runny nose or cold, as if...

The lowest morbidity in Covid-19 this year was in late May and early June. Since then, morbidity rates have been climbing for two weeks. Latvia is not unique in that respect, and it will likely not ge...

For the 19th time, Riga Latvian Society's Latvian Language Advancement Group has announced the 'word', 'non-word' and 'winged phrase' of the year 2021, the group's representatives said January 31.

The second year of the Covid-19 pandemic in Latvia has proved more deadly than the first, with the total number of Latvian people dead in the year increasing by more than 5,000, LSM reported January 2...

RIGA - The situation in hospitals will not only get worse in regards to patients Covid-19, but also patients with other illnesses, Uga Dumpis, a...

On February 15, around 150 thousand people's vaccination certificates will expire unless they get a booster until then, National Health Service (NVD) vaccination project division's head Eva Juhņēviča...

The use of Covid-19 self-tests for testing students and on-site staff will reduce morbidity only if the public is responsible and honest about test results, said Uga Dumpis, an infectologist at Stradi...

RIGA - Covid-19 is spreading in Latvia so rapidly that even a significant acceleration of vaccination would not be enough to contain the spread,...

(Panorāma), LTV Panorāma Will a third dose or a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine be required? Scientists are currently discussing it, but a clear answer has not yet emerged. Specialists in Latvia say that the number of doses currently being used provides sufficient protection, Latvian Television reported July 11. “There are currently active studies on the use of the third dose in different sections, whether it could be a third dose of an a...

Approximately 12% of Latvia's population could have had Covid-19 infection without knowing it, according to a study conducted by scientific institute Bior, University of Latvia and Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvian Radio reported May 26.