Over the past few weeks, a new type of tourism has developed in Estonia as people travel across the country to get vaccinated against coronavirus.
ETV s current affairs show Aktuaalne kaamera reported on Sunday that due to the limited number of doses on offer in Harju County and Tallinn, people have been booking vaccination times in other areas of Estonia.
AK spoke to a family who lives in Saku, Harju County but received their vaccinations in Tartu.
Mother Kristi Leppik said: We chose the place according to what was still available. There were no more times in Tallinn, there was Kuressaare Hospital, Narva Hospital, there was time at Tartu, also at Valga, and there was a time in Maardu that was completely inappropriate.
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The Ministry of Social Affairs has sent to a round of approvals support conditions under which altogether nearly â¬25 million is to be allocated for investments in hospitals infrastructure in order to improve preparedness for health care crises. We are investing in the modernization of infrastructure of the hospitals in the hospital network development plan to improve the health care system s capability to react to crises and ensure the functionality of the system both during outbreaks of infection and more broadly, Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik (Center) said. The purpose of the support is to improve the resilience of hospitals in the hospital network development plan, boost the availability of health care services and ensure the health care system s preparedness for possible future crises, he added.
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TALLINN - The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs has sent to a round of approvals support conditions under which altogether nearly 25 million euros is to be allocated for investments in hospitals infrastructure in order to improve preparedness for health care crises. We are investing in the modernization of infrastructure of the hospitals in the hospital network development plan to improve the health care system s capability to react to crises and ensure the functionality of the system both during outbreaks of infection and more broadly, Minister of Health and Labor Tanel Kiik said.
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 not become overwhelmed.