A relaxation of the new lockdown coronavirus restrictions could be expected at the end of April at the latest, University of Tartu's virology professor Andres Merits said on Tuesday. "Usually there have been two mistakes made with the restrictions: they have been established too late and too little and secondly: they are relaxed too early and too much. My estimation is that the end of April, the start of May is a realistic time," Merits said. Merits said the reason behind the current spread of the virus is the combination of old problems and the British variant. Commenting on the newly established restrictions, Merits said that they are similar to the restrictions established in other European states, more specifically in Ireland when the British variant started to spread.