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“This is a decision that I am not willing to take unless other restrictive measures are imposed. I do not believe that society is willing to allow more people to come to Latvia, while depriving us of our freedom of action,” he emphasized.
During the press conference, the Prime Minister stressed that the Latvian government is closely following the recommendations of the experts, making the incidence of COVID-19 in his country one of the lowest in the world.
If experts support changing this indicator, K. Karinis said he would be willing to consider such a proposal. However, according to him, so far no expert has suggested it.
The Lithuanian Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga, announced this Friday that starting next week, countries affected by the coronavirus will be considered those in which the morbidity exceeds 25 cases in 100 weeks in two weeks. population, instead of 16 cases as before.
According to him, Estonia has also made that decision and negotiations with Latvia on this are still ongoing.
In Lithuania, compulsory isolation of 14 days has so far been applied to people from countries where the morbidity rate during the last 14 days was higher than 16 cases per 100,000. population.
According to A. Veryga, the requirement for visitors to have a negative coronavirus test or have it on arrival will remain the same as before.
The European Commission (EC) has also proposed a European-wide cartel without self-isolation.
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