Riga installs a statue to honour medical workers
The Latvian capital Riga has put one up a six-metre-high sculpture of a masked medical worker by the artist Aigars Bikse, positioned in a prominent spot in front of the National Museum of Art, the local source reported.
The work, Medic for the World, honours the doctors and nurses who have worked tirelessly and at great personal risk during the coronavirus pandemic. It will be on display for seven months.
Latvia has escaped the pandemic relatively unscathed, recording just over 1,000 coronavirus cases and 30 deaths so far. The government announced a lockdown in March.