Mayor of Tallinn calls for declaring emergency situation - ERR
03 Mar 2021 EWR Online
Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart (Center). Source: ERR
The coronavirus crisis has now reached a point in Estonia where an emergency situation should be declared, according to Mayor of Tallinn Mihhail Kõlvart (Center).
Kõlvart said that decisions cannot be based on the present situation alone and instead need to take into account what lies in store for Estonia in a couple of weeks or one month.
"The current state of affairs clearly shows that the situation is about to deteriorate, prompting the question - what are we waiting for?" he said.
The mayor said declaring an emergency situation should be weighed extremely seriously.
"Alternatively, we could wait another couple of weeks and the need to declare an emergency situation will emerge on its own," he said.
Kõlvart noted that such decisions are understandably painful.
