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Two-hundred-and-eighty-one new coronavirus cases have been reported in Estonia in the past 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) says, while three people who had contracted the virus have died during that time. Estonia's new 14-day coronavirus rate per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 317.5, while the proportion of primary tests conducted during that time which returned positive is 6.9 percent. Of the new cases, Harju County posted the most, at 105, 75 of which were in Tallinn. Ida-Viru County was next, with 65, while Pärnu County reported 30. Tartu County saw 22 new cases, Valga County 21, ...

A US-led large-scale military exercise in Estonia ended Friday after close to two weeks' maneuvers which included a para jump involving hundreds of American and British airborne troops and the live-firing of several multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). The exercise also dovetails into Estonian forces' annual Exercise Spring Storm, which starts Monday. Maj. Gen. Indrek Sirel, commander of the exercise, dubbed Swift Response, and itself a component of the pan-European exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21, said: "The stage of Swift Response in Estonia is coming to an end, but the exercise Defender Eur...

There has been a decrease in coronavirus levels in wastewater, the University of Tartu's latest wastewater monitoring study shows. In several areas, it is at a low level. At the same time, researchers acknowledge that the amount of virus in the wastewater is still considerable. The situation is particularly worrying in some of the larger towns in Ida-Viru County, where the amount of virus in wastewater continues to be above the Estonian average. The current level of coronavirus in wastewater is comparable to that of early February. The study's lead researcher Professor of Technology of Antimi...

Coronavirus vaccination registration opened for people 40 and over on Thursday morning. By 7.30 a.m. queues had already formed to enter the Patient Portal. ERR's Estonian news portal wrote that the wait to enter the online registration system was 12 minutes at 7.20 a.m. By 9 a.m. the wait had grown to 40 minutes. While vaccination will start for everyone in the 16-49 age group on Monday (May 17), the over 40s can register from today. Registration will open to the under 40s on Monday. Head of the vaccination strategy Marek Seer said this staggered approach has been taken so the system does no...

'Threefold fall in Estonian potato cultivation in past decade' Potato growing in Estonia has seen a three-fold decline in the past decade, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Tuesday. Farmers are blaming the unprofitability of growing the tuber – which only makes money one year out of every three, they say – as well as a lack of Russian demand, competition from producers in central Europe and, in the past year at least, the effects of the pandemic. State agency Statistics Estonia reports that 3,639 ha (a little under 9,000 acres) of fields were under potato cultivation in 202...