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On Friday, November 6, the government decides to declare a state of emergency. The Apollo portal has compiled what is known about it so far.
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Among the proposed restrictions are a ban on public events and longer distance learning
In Latvia, with the declaration of a state of emergency, all organized public events in person could be canceled and banned, regardless of the number of visitors and economic services related to entertainment, culture, exhibitions and well-being, according to information compiled by LETA.
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Among the proposals is a proposal to limit gatherings at private events to a maximum of ten people and no more than two households at a time. The exception would be a funeral.
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Experts also recommend restricting outdoor meetings, processions and pickets to no more than 50 people at a time. A similar regulation was already in place during the emergency in the spring.
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Experts suggest that cultural, sporting, entertainment and religious venues, as well as catering establishments, could be allowed to start work no earlier than 6 and allow them to work no later than 7 p.m. In turn, public catering places after 19 may serve food only for take-away.
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With the declaration of a state of emergency on weekends and public holidays, only food, optics, animal feed, hygiene and household goods stores, as well as construction goods stores could be allowed to operate in the country. The exception would also apply to pharmacies.
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With regard to education in Latvia, it is proposed to continue the regulation currently in force until mid-November, ie full-time studies could be continued only in pre-school education and general basic education programs from 1st to 6th grade, as well as in the practical part of higher education and clinical practice in residency. training would continue remotely.
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As at present, exceptions would apply to special education institutions and classes for students with severe intellectual disabilities.
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Kariņš expresses dissatisfaction with the pace of Minister of Health Ilze Ņķele on Covid-19 issues
Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) is dissatisfied with the pace of Health Minister Ilze Ņķele (AP) on Covid-19 issues, he admitted in an interview with the magazine “Ir”, adding that he takes full responsibility for not being forced to act faster.
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“The system was not ready to accept that the crisis is growing very dramatically. The pace at which the situation is understood and solutions are offered has long been too slow,” Kariņš admits.
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According to Kariņš, on October 8, the Minister has said that no strategy is needed. “On October 27, we finally adopted the strategy. For a long time, our experts and the ministry were not ready to say that we are actually in crisis. Remember – the situation in the spring was very positive. , 18 and 30 patients were not yet ready to act, “the head of government did not hide.
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He emphasizes that he has wanted for a long time that “we will close everything much faster”. However, the World Health Organization and also our experts have argued that we need to go gradual.
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“We have gone, I would say, in an aggressive gradation, we are now in the third category, already at the red border with all restrictions. We have not achieved anything with this gradation, because the spread of the disease is not significantly limited. In Latvia, the average daily increase from September to October is the third the fastest in Europe, “said Kariņš.
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In his opinion, it is not necessary to act so gradually. At the same time, it can be said that the adopted measures are starting to work. “In Lithuania, where measures were not adopted because they had elections, the incidence of the population is almost twice as high as in us. If we had adopted even stricter measures, the number would probably not have reached 250. Unfortunately, no expert has a black and white answer,” Kariņš said.
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Shovel: The Covid-19 crisis is much broader than the epidemiological crisis
The Minister of Health admits that seeing the good results and the arrival of summer, the team has relaxed, but the work has continued.
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“We continued what we started at the Ministry of Health. The Covid-19 Crisis Management Group did not stop working for a while. We reduced the frequency of meetings from 6 times a week to two. We worked on a strategy to strengthen the health system’s performance, including needs and measures to strengthen it. “The scope of the measures – from the SPKC capacity and hospital ventilation systems, to the possibilities of psychological support to the population. Complex solutions. Submitted for evaluation to the Prime Minister,” she says.
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Working on the autumn Covid-19 outbreak scenarios, the ministry has analyzed the spring experience.
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“It was clear that autumn would be incomparably more complicated, because the playful” 2x2meters “would no longer be possible. It was clear that restrictions would have to be introduced gradually, regulation would be much more nuanced, the government’s explanatory work much more important. coordinated co – operation, “continues.
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She draws people’s attention to the fact that “the Covid-19 crisis is much broader than epidemiological.”
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“In my opinion, the decision-making error lies not in the insufficiently rigorous implementation of the experts’ recommendations. It also lies in the inability of decision-makers living in a sufficiently affluent middle class to fit into the shoes of a person or family who is rightly concerned about their health and that, due to restrictions, they are left without a livelihood, “says the Minister of Health.
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Reirs reveals what support is planned in relation to the constraints of the emergency
“Now we have the opportunity to evaluate the positive, the opportunity to evaluate the negative, and this assistance will be combined, because now there will be sectors where, if there are bans, there will be downtime, if there is a reduction, then there will be subsidized jobs,” the minister said.
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Reirs mentioned that the support mechanisms available in the first wave of Covid-19 in the spring were also very successful, allowing Latvia to find itself in a situation where the unemployment rate is lower than in Estonia after a long period of time.
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“With the introduction of this downtime allowance in the spring, we gave respite to companies and of the approximately 55,000 people who received the downtime allowance, 40,000 now work in the same jobs they used to work,” Reirs said, adding that if there were no downtime allowance jobs, the employer would not be able to pay wages and these people would become unemployed.
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Reirs also said that it was not yet possible to say exactly which sectors would receive support.
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The finance minister also explained on Thursday that the state could pay for the first day of the employee’s sick leave.
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Reirs said that a decision is currently being prepared, which will require the state to pay for the first day of the sick leave. According to the Minister, such a decision is planned to limit the spread of Covid-19, because currently, when the first day of sick leave is paid by the employer, employees with symptoms of the disease do not choose to go to the doctor.
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Thus, if such a decision is made, the state will pay the sick leave for the first day, from the second to the ninth day – the entrepreneur, and from the tenth day – the state.
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Under the current procedure, if the illness lasts for up to ten days, an incapacity for work certificate A is issued, which means that the sickness benefit is paid by the employer. On the other hand, for a period of illness exceeding ten days, an incapacity for work certificate B is awarded, for which sickness benefit is granted and paid for by the state.
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The Ministry of Economics (MoE) encourages the state to fully compensate employees for incapacity for work, as well as to restore downtime benefits.
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On Thursday, the Minister of Economics Jānis Vitenbergs (KPV LV) presented these two proposals to the working group for business and employment support chaired by the Minister of Finance.
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