TALLINN, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on Monday evening confirmed that she tested positive for COVID-19 and will self-isolate until she recovers from the virus.
"I have a small fever, and the positive test result is not what I expected," Kallas said on social media.
The prime minister said that she has not developed any other symptoms and generally feels well, and that the positive test result was just received and she had informed the people she came into contact with over the past days of her positive test result.
"I am closely monitoring my health and staying at home until I recover. I will continue performing my duties as head of government from home, as in e-Estonia, government meetings and other consultations can successfully also be held online," Kallas said.
She urged everyone to keep alert and follow safety precautions, wear a mask indoors, reduce their contact with other people, work remotely if possible and stay at home as much as possible to prevent the coronavirus from spreading.
Kallas, who took office on Jan. 26, had been in a 10-day self-quarantine until last Thursday as a close contact of a positive case, and tested negative for the coronavirus at the end of the quarantine.
The last 24 hours had seen 5,960 tests analyzed in Estonia in relation to coronavirus, of which 1,281, or 21.5 percent, turned out positive, said the Estonian Health Board on Monday.
The average number of new cases for every 100,000 inhabitants in the last 14 days is 1,465.26, and 19.5 percent of all initial tests had been found to be positive, it added.
In total, 138,543 individuals had been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Estonia, and 52,664 had received both doses. Enditem