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Movement For to consider also nonpolitical candidates for health minister

Movement For to consider also nonpolitical candidates for health minister 2021-01-06 LETA/TBT Staff RIGA - Movement For will consider also nonpolitical candidates for Latvia s next health minister, the party s board member Maija Golubeva told LETA.  The board of Movement For is due to meet this afternoon to discuss the situation after Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins (New Unity) demand for Health Minister Ilze Vinkele (For Development/For) to resign and to consider potential candidates that could be nominated for the vacant post.  Without naming any potential candidates, Golubeva said that the board members will be discussing both political and nonpolitical candidates , with a possibility to look for a strong representative of the health sector. 

Latvia health minister fired over vaccine policy

News in Brief Latvia health minister fired over vaccine policy Latvia s prime minister on Tuesday fired his health minister in a row over coronavirus vaccination policy, straining ties within the governing coalition. Krisjanis Karins said the Baltic state was struggling with the consequences of not having a clear and comprehensible plan of action . Latvia has focused its vaccination plan mainly on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which has so far not been authorised in the European Union. Health Minister Ilze Vinkele accepted the prime minister s request for her to step down but complained that she has been made a scapegoat for government s failure.

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No-referral COVID testing might be extended

(LTV Ziņu dienesta korespondente) Until the end of this week, a state-paid COVID-19 test can be done without a referral. Health Ministry is now considering extension of this period, Latvian Television reported December 28. The possibility of free access to COVID-19 tests has been provided during the two final weeks of December, taking into account the fact that receiving a referral from a family doctor or an emergency doctor during the holidays could be difficult. The only rule is that there should be symptoms of coronavirus, such as fever, sore throat or loss of smell and taste. The Bior laboratory provided additional testing opportunities in Rīga and Latgale during the holiday. And people s interest was really great.

Vaccination against COVID-19 under way in Latvia