Latvia will not ban Lithuanians from traveling to the country due to the rising number of Covid-19 infections, Lithuania's Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has assured.
“They are not going to shut us out and bar entry to us in any way. They may recommend to their own citizens not to go to Lithuania, but they have no plans, at least for now, not to allow us in,” he told reporters on Tuesday.
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Lithuania has reported 14.6 new coronavirus cases per population of 100,000 over the last two weeks, while Latvia's rate is 2.3, lowest among the Baltic states and in the EU.
In Estonia, the rate is 8.8 new cases per 100,000 people, according to figures from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
Following the initial closing of borders to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were among the first countries in the EU to open up their borders to each other's residents, forming the so-called Baltic free travel bubble.
While Lithuania allows travel from European Economic Area (EEA) countries, people coming from places with infection rates above 16 are required to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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