TALLINN - Estonia's Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Taavi Aas said on Tuesday that the restrictions on the opening of air routes are necessary to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The minister emphasized that the virus did not turn up in Estonia for an unknown reason.
"It was unsuspectingly imported with tourism. Back then no one could predict that a trip abroad and visiting a cultural event after that might end in an emergency situation or, by all means, in Saaremaa being locked down," Aas said according to spokespeop...
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