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“The Latvians did not agree with the criterion of 25 cases, as a result of which the Baltic bubble disappeared. (…) We have to wait for Friday, because it will be seen on Friday, it can happen in a week,” said the Minister at a press conference on Monday.
He stressed that under the prior agreement of the parties, 10% can also be applied. an error that would allow even in more than 16 cases 100 thousand. morbidity rate of the population to go to Latvia without compulsory isolation.
According to A. Veryga, the possible adjustments of the indicator are constantly discussed with colleagues from the neighboring country.
“We constantly talk to our Latvian colleagues. But those negotiations … well, you will not call them negotiations, because the government decides how to act, whether to increase that indicator or not. It is really very difficult to say how they will act,” he said.
“Guessing is thankless, but I guess as long as the situation in Latvia is as it is now, apparently Latvians will decide to follow the same criteria and rules, but here is my guess,” added the minister.
According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the incidence rate of the coronavirus in Lithuania on Monday was 16.5, while in Latvia it was 4.2.
When asked why the situation in Lithuania and Latvia differs several times, A. Veryga said that there are many reasons for this.
“It just came to our attention then. There are certain differences in what Latvians do differently from us: they don’t really have such a population density, they don’t have such events, they are set at a distance of two meters, there are other measures that are perhaps stricter, but there is already one question of interpretation. I cannot say that these measures give this result ”, said the minister.
Last day 51 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Lithuania and three in Latvia.
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