Latvia: Children and parents demonstrate against COVID sports retsrix in Riga

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Riga locals gathered outside the Ministry of Education, Monday, to protest against restrictions on sports activities for children and young people due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Demonstrators could be seen marching through the streets of the Latvian capital, chanting “We want to train!” and banging hockey sticks on the ground. Among the protesters were young athletes and their parents.

In Latvia, vaccination against COVID-19 is not compulsory for children under 12 years of age. However, according to new restrictions related to the spread of coronavirus infection, child athletes are not allowed to practice indoors even if they test negative for COVID-19.

“They [children] sit at home, they don’t study, so what do they do at home? They sit with computers, they sit with their phones instead of normal development, sports and everything else,” a protester said.

Latvian authorities declared a national emergency situation due to an increase in the incidence of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection on 11 October. The state of emergency will remain in force in the country for three months.

Unvaccinated residents will only have access to convenience stores, while those who have been vaccinated or have had the disease will be able to visit shopping centres and other establishments, where visitor controls and sanitary measures must be in place.

SOUNDBITES:

SOT, Yuri, Riga resident (Russian): “In our country, not much attention is given to children and, in particular, to the development of sport and its future. The current situation is that children under the age of 12 cannot be inoculated and cannot participate in indoor sports and competitions.”

SOT, Lana, Riga resident (Russian): “They [children] sit at home, they don’t study, so what do they do at home? They sit with computers, they sit with their phones instead of normal development, sports and everything else”.

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