Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Crisis Council under the leadership of Prime Minister of Latvia Krisjanis Karins on Monday decided to introduce tough measures to combat the spread of Covid-19, Delfi reports.

The Cabinet of Ministers is to approve the package of measures at an emergency meeting on Wednesday, 20 October. In case of a positive decision, they will enter into force on 21 October. Karins said they will operate for four weeks, until 15 November.

What decisions did the government make:

Lockdown from 21 October to 15 November.

A curfew is imposed from 20:00 to 5:00.

Autumn holidays have been extended by one week. After 1 November, grades 1-3 will go to school, the rest will go to distance learning for another two weeks.

Kindergartens (duty groups) continue to work.

Education in universities and professional educational institutions will be conducted remotely.

All shops will be closed, except for those providing the sale of essential goods.

The provision of services will be limited (including, hairdressing salons, beauty salons and catering establishments will be closed)

Operation of sports, entertainment and cultural events (cinema, theater, concerts) will be prohibited.

There will be restrictions on meetings, as well as limits on the movement of people from different households in the same car.

Travel restrictions for Latvians have not yet been introduced. According to Karins, now residents of Latvia are more dangerous for other countries than foreigners are for Latvians.

Assistance programs, including downtime benefits, will be restored, Karins said. According to him, the decision will be made in the coming days.

Karins and Pavluts apologized to all vaccinated residents of Latvia. They acknowledged that the vaccination process in the country had actually failed, and this was the reason for the imposition of restrictions. “To many it may seem incomprehensible - why is it so in our country, but in Denmark and Ireland it is vice versa. The reason is that the vaccination process did not turn out the way we intended,” Karins said.

After 15 November, the government plans to reopen shops, service providers, and allow private and public events. But first, it will be done in "green mode" - for people who can present a certificate of vaccination or previous illness. At the same time, the mandatory vaccination requirement for public sector employees and those employees in the private sector who are at risk of infection and / or may infect colleagues or clients remains in force.

The current restrictions have reduced the number of contacts in society by 5-10%. The Ministry of Health believes that this figure should be at least 40%. Now the infection is spreading uncontrollably, there are already more than 1,100 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals. It is assumed that due to the constant congestion of hospitals, planned services will have to be stopped for three months. The total number of deaths due to Covid-19 in this case will amount to several thousand people.