RIGA, March 24 (LETA) - A mass vaccination center against Covid-19  is being prepared in Valmiera Culture center, LETA learned from Valmiera spokeswoman Kristine Melece.

Vidzeme Hospital has been selected to conduct vaccination in Valmiera, ensuring four vaccination teams in two shifts. The vaccination center plans to immunize 500 people a day, up to 3,000 people a week.

Along with the mass vaccination center, people may receive Covid-19 vaccines also in Vidzeme Hospital, Valmiera Medicine Center and with family physicians.

One of the advantages of centralized mass vaccination is logistics and coordinated work of medical personnel.

The mass vaccination center might start vaccination on April 1.

As reported, on Tuesday, Covid-19 vaccines were administered to 5,057 people, with 4,673 of them receiving the first shot and 384 receiving the second shot, according to the data released this morning by the National Health Service.

So far, the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine has been given to 90,799 people in Latvia and 19,562 people have received both doses.