The risk levels for the spread of the coronavirus
The risk level of the coronavirus spread can be low, medium, high, or very high.
- Low risk (green): the risk that the infection will spread and the burden on the health care system will rise is low and the society can operate as usual.
- Medium risk (yellow): the operability of the health care system is not in critical danger but there is still a need to create further COVID beds, which will lengthen the waiting times of scheduled treatments. Some control measures have to be enacted in the society, which will help to slow down the national spread of the virus. For instance using the COVID certificate to ensure that there is no infection risk and wearing masks in public space if there is no COVID certificate.
- High risk (orange): the operability of the health care system is in danger, the lines of regular medical services will significantly lengthen for people. In order to ensure the availability of medical aid, it is necessary to enact strict control measures in the society to avoid reaching the red level. For instance, this means that supervision over cultural, entertainment and catering establishments is increased and regional restrictions are enacted if necessary.
- Very high (red): the operability of the medical system is not ensured. This means that the strictest control measures are enacted in the society, i.e. many institutions are closed, there is distance learning and working from home.
Indicators for risk levels, and ranges for them for each risk level have been established based on the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Health Board. The seven day average number of people infected and hospitalised with COVID is taken into account. Additional indicators that are considered are the seven day average number of COVID-19 deaths, the full vaccine coverage of the adult population, the infection level people over the age of 60 and the number of COVID-19 patients on ventilators.
The risk level is reviewed once a week.
Read more about the risk levels from here: https://www.kriis.ee/et/riskitasemed (in Estonian).
Last updated: 09.09.2021 22:15
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At the green level, the risk that the infection spreads and the burden on the health care system increases is low and the society can function as usual.
Everyone can adjust their behaviour and actions according to the risk level of the spread of the virus.
What can everyone do on their own?
- Get vaccinated and help people close to you to get vaccinated as well
- Wash your hands
What can an organisation do?
- Support your workers and visitors getting vaccinated
- Ensure well-ventilated rooms
- Put together a risk analysis and an action plan
What is done by the state?
- Ensures that everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated
- Ensures the possibility of getting tested
- Identifies possible outbreaks
Read more from the kriis.ee web page: instructions on how to act at different risk levels (in Estonian).
Last updated: 29.09.2021 15:50
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The yellow level means that the health care system is not in critical danger but new beds for COVID-19 do still need to be created, lengthening the waiting times of scheduled treatments. Some control measures need to be enacted in the society, allowing to slow the spread of the virus across the coutry. For instance, the use of the COVID certificate to ensure that there is no infection risk, and wearing masks in public spaces without the COVID certificate.
Everyone can adjust their behaviour and actions according to the risk level of the spread of the virus.
What can everyone do on their own?
- Get vaccinated and help people close to you to get vaccinated as well
- Wash your hands
- Wear a facemask in crowded indoor spaces
- Do a rapid test before meeting people who are in a risk group
- Stay at home with even mild symptoms and do a rapid test
- If the rapid test is positive, consult with a doctor
What can an organisation do?
- Support your workers and visitors getting vaccinated
- Ensure a well-ventilated space.
- Put together a risk analysis and an action plan
- Give recommendations on how to behave
- Offer disinfectants and face masks
- Offer testing opportunities
- Offer vaccination opportunities
What does the state do?
- Ensures that everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated
- Ensures the possibility of getting tested
- Identifies possible outbreaks
- Enacts measures to quickly reduce the number of infections
Read more about implementing the risk levels here: https://www.kriis.ee/et/riskitasemed (in Estonian).
Last updated: 29.09.2021 16:11
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If the orange level is reached, the operability of the health care system is in danger, the waiting times of regular medical services will lengthen considerably for people. In order to ensure that medical aid is available, strict control measures need to be enacted in the society, so that the red level would not be reached. This means, for instance, that supervision over the activities of cultural, entertainment, and catering establishments will be increased and regional restrictions will be enacted, if necessary.
Everyone can adjust their behaviour and actions according to the risk level of the spread of the virus.
What can everyone do on their own?
- Get vaccinated and help people close to you to get vaccinated as well
- Wash your hands
- Wear a facemask in crowded indoor spaces
- Do a rapid test before meeting people who are in a risk group
- Stay at home with even mild symptoms and do a rapid test
- If the rapid test is positive, consult with a doctor
- If possible, work from home
- Organise meetings virtually or in open air
What can an organisation do?
- Support your workers and visitors getting vaccinated
- Ensure a well-ventilated space.
- Put together a risk analysis and an action plan
- Give recommendations on how to behave
- Offer disinfectants and face masks
- Offer testing opportunities
- Offer vaccination opportunities
- Allow distance work
- Reduce high risk contacts
What does the state do?
- Ensures that everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated
- Ensures the possibility of getting tested
- Identifies possible outbreaks
- Enacts measures to quickly reduce the number of infections
Read more from the kriis.ee web page: instructions on how to act at different risk levels (in Estonian).
Last updated: 29.09.2021 16:22
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The red level means that the strictest control measures are established in the society, i.e. many institutions are closed, there is distance learning and working from home. The operability of the medical system is not ensured.
Everyone can adjust their behaviour and actions according to the risk level of the spread of the virus.
What can everyone do on their own?
- Get vaccinated and help people close to you to get vaccinated as well
- Wash your hands
- Wear a facemask in crowded indoor spaces
- Do a rapid test before meeting people who are in a risk group
- Stay at home with even mild symptoms and do a rapid test
- If the rapid test is positive, consult with a doctor
- If possible work and study from home
- Organise meetings virtually or in open air
- Minimise the number of face-to-face meetings
What can an organisation do?
- Support your workers and visitors getting vaccinated
- Ensure a well-ventilated space.
- Put together a risk analysis and an action plan
- Give recommendations on how to behave
- Offer disinfectants and face masks
- Offer testing opportunities
- Offer vaccination opportunities
- Allow people who are not vaccinated to work and learn from a distance
- Reduce high risk contacts
- Allow and recommend that everyone goes to distance work and learning
- Minimise the number of face-to-face meetings
What does the state do?
- Ensures that everyone has the opportunity to get vaccinated
- Ensures the possibility of getting tested
- Identifies possible outbreaks
- Enacts measures to quickly reduce the number of infections
Read more about implementing the risk levels here: https://www.kriis.ee/et/riskitasemed (in Estonian).
Last updated: 29.09.2021 16:04
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