No. 16 in Latvian

covid

"Covid" in Latvian refers to COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

In a sentence

Covid izplatība Latvijā pieaug.
The spread of Covid is increasing in Latvia.
Here 'Covid' is used as the name of the infectious disease in a subject role of the sentence.
Pēc Covid pandēmijas viņa atsāka ceļot.
After the Covid pandemic, she resumed traveling.
In this sentence, 'Covid' describes the pandemic in a possessive form, attributing the cause to the disease.
Vakcinācija pret Covid ir svarīga sabiedrības veselībai.
Vaccination against Covid is important for public health.
'Covid' is used in a prepositional object position (against Covid), referring to the disease being targeted by vaccination.

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