Virology professor Toivo Maimets, who is to head up the new composition of the government's Covid advisory body, the scientific council, has proposed North Estonia Medical Center chief-of-medicine and surgery professor Peep Talving to continue together in the council.
The government's scientific advisory council's new chief Toivo Maimets is likely to provide the government with a line-up on Thursday, the government's press office told ERR on Tuesday.
While the move to replace the leadership of the government's coronavirus advisory board was understandable, the manner in which it was done was not, and seemed somewhat arbitrary, journalists appearing on two ERR radio shows on Sunday found.
The appearance of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus suggests the latter is running out of steam as immunity continues to grow either through vaccination, recovery or a combination of both. That is why while we are seeing a considerable number of new cases, they have not translated into an increased mortality rate or overload of the medical system, Irja Lutsar writes.
The sudden dissolution of the government's coronavirus advisory council ordered by Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) last week means that there will be no discussions involving it in the first week of 2022, public administration minister Jaak Aab (Center) says. The body, dubbed the scientific council, and its former chief, Professor Irja Lutsar, will be replaced, but the new composition won't have had time to convene by next week.