Coronavirus threat: Latvian authorities can allocate additional funds

In the event of an outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, Latvia is ready to repurpose 1,000 hospital beds. About it, as the portal Diena writes. Lv, said Dita Heiberg, head of the Disaster Victims Medical Care Center at the Emergency Ambulance Service (NMPD). Heyberg asked the anti-crisis center of the government to create more resources, as well as to allocate additional funds for the purchase of disinfection and artificial breathing devices. She reported that Latvia had joined 20 EU States to purchase jointly. According to her, at the moment all responsible services of the country work in exact accordance with the state plan of medical care in case of disasters. Thus, eleven countries in Latvia have been declared high-risk States. These are China, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. And there is also a list of countries to travel only if absolutely necessary. These include the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, etc.