Lithuania and Estonia have exceeded Covid-19 morbidity threshold: Latvia prepares for restrictions



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Two-week morbidity rate 100 thousand. the population is 16.1 in Lithuania and 16.4 in Estonia. The Latvian government will meet on Friday afternoon to decide on restrictions for travelers from Lithuania and Estonia.

Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Friday that a formal Latvian decision has yet to be reached, but these figures show that, without exceptions, those going to Latvia will have to isolate themselves from now on.

“It seems that we are already on that list, if that is the case. … And the people who go to Latvia will need self-isolation or isolation,” said the minister.

He said that he could not say how Lithuanians working or studying in Latvia should behave and whether there would be exceptions for those coming to Latvia for these purposes.

Interior Minister Rita Tamašunienė said Thursday that such exceptions will be agreed with the neighboring country and that such a procedure is currently in place with Poland.

Latvian Health Minister Ilze Vinkelė said that special conditions for traveling in the Baltic countries would be prepared for people studying or working in neighboring countries.

16 cases per 100,000. Only a few countries, including Latvia and Finland, have not exceeded their population in the European Union.



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