Current Safety Restrictions for UL Students and Employees

To reduce the risks of staff, students, guests and visitors of the University of Latvia contracting to Covid-19 infection, the on-site study process is discontinued between March 13 and April 14.

During the period from March 13, 2020 to April 14, 2020, UL introduces the following epidemiological security measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 (updated March 16, 2020):

• Suspend conducting and implementation of the process of on-site lectures, classes, seminars and other forms of studies, further education and interest education requiring physical presence of students and staff (including cultural and sports training, competitions and rehearsals), as well as organisation and holding tests and examinations (including centralized state examinations);
• Cancel and discontinue (irrespective of the number of participants) any organization of scientific, educational, festive, commemorative, entertainment, cultural, sporting and recreational activities, meetings, parades and any other face-to-face events in the public domain at the UL;
• Organize the study process in form of distance learning on the basis of the UL e-learning environment, including video translation, recording and other forms;
• The main UL structural units, including the scientific institutes and the UL administration, should be, as far as possible, provided with an opportunity of performing their work remotely;
• UL students are permitted to access the UL premises (libraries) after presenting a valid UL student identification card and only for the purpose of receiving books from the library during the opening hours of the UL libraries;
• Limit the gathering of people in the meeting locations and other during forms of work organization to no more than 50 people at a time. Meetings can be organized remotely or by poll using UL email or other information technology tools (which have a facility for personal identification) available at the UL.

UL staff, including students, are strongly encouraged to follow the recommendations of the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia (https://spkc.gov.lv/en), especially when returning from business trips or vacations abroad.

The decision has been passed on the basis of a state of emergency declared by the government of Latvia to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

We invite you to follow the orders, instructions, recommendations for action regarding information on security measures issued by the management of the UL and available at the UL homepage and via UL email.