President Alar Karis spent Sunday and Monday in Setomaa, a culturally and linguistically distinct region of Southeastern Estonia, where he was met several times with traditional Seto leelo, visited various centers of local and Seto cultural life, met with local residents and leaders, and visited Värska High School and Värska Kindergarten.
Completed in 2021 in Viljandi, Estonia. Images by Tõnu Tunnel. Design studio creates a zero-waste temporary restaurant space for a TV show, looking into how design can and should be used as a tool to draw.
Coronavirus measures are necessary. Agreed. Limiting people s contacts makes sense. Agreed again.
Mario Kadastik who draws up COVID-19 prevalence models has also said that limiting contacts should be the state s main message as while masks make infection less likely, they do not offer full protection. From here, the government s decision to close all schools from December 14 seems entirely sensible.
But it isn t.
This blanket ban – closing all schools and sending every student home – sees the government abandon its promise of aiming measures at specific problems in areas where infection is extensive.
COVID-19 is running rampant in Narva, spreading quickly in Tallinn and becoming worrying in Tartu. However, the situation is calm in Paide, Saaremaa and many Southern Estonian municipalities for example. Why close schools there?