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The Mayor of Tartu and head of the local crisis committee Urmas Klaas (Reform) believes the government's decision to switch primary school students to distance learning is unreasonable and has criticized the government's crisis communications.
The election of the new mayor of Narva and the chairman of the city council has been pushed back to December 30. The reason given for the delay is the special situation caused by coronavirus and some members are self-isolating. Katri Raik (SDE), chairman of the "Our Narva"(Meie Narva) faction, said the reasons given by deputy council chairman Larissa Olenina for the delay are strange. "There is no emergency situation in Ida-Viru County that would prevent the council meeting from being held, of course following all the requirements. There is also no certainty that the next council members will...
544 new coronavirus cases have been found in the past 24 hours, the Health Board (Terviseamet) says. Two deaths were reported.