Latvia: State railway company introduces train wagons for vaccinated passengers

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Latvia’s state-owned Pasazieru vilciens (PV) railway company on Wednesday introduced separate train wagons for those people with a valid Covid-19 certificate of vaccination, recovery, or negative test.

The experiment takes place on selected PV train routes and allows people in the special wagons to travel without a face covering and social distancing. In regular wagons, wearing a mask is required and the passenger number has been limited to 85 percent of the capacity.

One passenger, Karlis, said he was not against the idea.

“I think there is no problem, why not. If people have enough seats, they can go in their own wagons. If there are not enough seats, then, of course, there is another problem,” he said.

Another passenger, Yulia, said she considered the Covid-19 wagons unnecessary as some people cannot get inoculated due to medical reasons.

“It is not necessary to divide people into vaccinated and unvaccinated. Everyone is equal,” she said.

The special wagons will be introduced between September 15 and the end of the month on return routes between Riga - Kraslava, as well as Riga - Rezekne II.

SOUNDBITES:

SOT, Karlis, passenger (Russian): “I don’t care at all. I think there is no problem, why not. If people have enough seats, they can go in their own wagons. If there are not enough seats, then, of course, there is another problem. Which… Why not”.

SOT, Yulia, passenger (Russian): “It is not necessary to divide people into vaccinated and unvaccinated. Everyone is equal. Someone can’t get vaccinated for health reasons.”

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