Karins skeptical about Economics Ministry's proposal to increase Covid-19 incidence threshold for self-isolation

  • 2020-09-08
  • LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) at today's government meeting was skeptical about the Economics Ministry's proposal to increase the Covid-19 incidence threshold for self-isolation requirement from the current 16 to 25 cases per 100,000 residents. He said that this is not a political, but epidemiological matter. "If it were a political decision, we could ask, why not 50 or 100. But for epidemiologists this figure is directly related with curbing infection risks," the prime minister said. Interior Minister Sand...
 
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