With Estonian hospitals registering less new Covid patients, the limit, from which the government had pledged to lift key epidemiological restrictions, has been reached, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reports.
The Estonian government had backed lifting the Covid-19 vaccination certificate requirement and the 11 p.m. obligatory closing time for entertainment establishments when the 10-day average of daily hospitalizations with symptomatic falls below 25.
«The long-awaited day has now come. This morning’s data puts average hospitalizations at 24.9. While still high, our hospitals can cope with this level of new Covid patients that allows us to lift control measures,» Estonian prime minister Kaja Kallas stated on social media.
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The liberal Reform Party leader has convened a government sitting to approve the decision to lift the Covid certificates requirement and the 11 p.m. working restriction for night clubs and bars in the Baltic country.
Covid-19 has not disappeared from Estonia, however. The prime minister Kallas noted that the requirement to wear a mask in public places will be retained and that vaccination, including with a booster jab, remains strongly encouraged, ERR reports.
Estonia rushes to lift Covid restrictions as hospitalisations drop
