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Latvia's government wants to extend the state of emergency declared until January 11 and impose night curfews over the turn of the year.
Latvia's government wants to extend the state of emergency declared until January 11 and impose night curfews over the turn of the year.
The cabinet in Riga agreed in a meeting with the Corona crisis team to extend the state of emergency until February 6. Citizens should also not be allowed to leave their homes between December 30 and January 4 and January 8 and 9 between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
The final decision on the planned restrictions will be made at the government meeting on Wednesday, said the State Chancellery in Riga. Latvia with its 1.9 million inhabitants has registered a rapid increase in new infections since autumn.
According to the EU authority ECDC, the development is currently worse than in Germany. Almost 38,000 cases have been recorded in the Baltic Sea state since the beginning of the pandemic. Over 600 people died from the virus.
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