TESTING FOR COVID-19 IN LATVIA: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Arturs Kaļva; Dāvids Orlovs; Ģirts Briģis; Sergejs Kruks; Dins Šmits

doi:10.2478/prolas-2024-0016

TESTING FOR COVID-19 IN LATVIA: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Arturs Kaļva (Corresponding Author), Dāvids Orlovs, Ģirts Briģis, Sergejs Kruks, Dins Šmits

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Private–public partnership is a collaboration between two major sectors of a municipalities economy. It is a so called “win-win” partnership, where both parties can benefit in achieving their planned goals while working jointly. In December 2019, in China, the first reported cases of COVID-19 were detected. The virus spread quickly throughout China and reached Latvia in March 2020. In this study we analyse the role of private–public partnerships in organising effective COVID-19 testing of the population in Latvia. By 1 June 2020, Latvia had the 3^rd lowest incidence of COVID-19-caused deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. This study included a systematic review, data acquisition, analysis of the findings, and conclusions were drawn and discussed. During the 1^st wave of the pandemic, the private sector collected and conducted more than 95% of the COVID-19 testing in Latvia. The study showed that there could be many contributing factors to success of Latvia during the 1^st wave of the pandemic, one of which was that Latvia seemed to rely more on the private sector to organise the testing, which seemed to pay off at first.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	111-116
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences
Volume	78
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/prolas-2024-0016
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2024

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COVID-19 testing
primary healthcare
public–private partnership during pandemic

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3.3 Health sciences
5.8 Media and Communication

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