Doctor Argo Lätt from the Rapla Family Medicine Center said on the "Terevisioon" morning show on Friday that coronavirus medicines should be adopted post haste as they can save lives.
Head of the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Council, Toivo Maimets, said that there is enough scientific data to prove that wearing a mask helps save lives and that the obligation to wear a mask needs to be retained at this time.
While figures last week suggested a fall in Covid rates in Estonia, the real picture may be obscured by a scaling down in PCR testing, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported on Monday. The peak of the current wave may therefore still lie in the future.
The spread of the Omicron variant of Covid may soon reach its peak, University of Tartu statistician Professor Krista Fischer says. She also urged caution in lifting any restrictions, in an interview given to ERR which follows.