Covid-19 vaccination coverage in Latvia’s education sector reaches 84%

The coverage of Covid-19 vaccination among education workers in Latvia has reached 84%, said Minister of Education and Science Anita Muižniece, commenting on the latest data.
The minister stressed on Twitter that an increase of four percentage points for vaccination coverage was observed last week.
In the pre-school education sector Covid-19 vaccination coverage is 80%, which is six percentage points more than a week prior.
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In secondary education institutions the percentage of vaccinated people is 85%, which is three percentage points high than last week. In higher education the percentage of vaccinated residents has increased by one percentage point, reaching 89%.