After a year of operating, Tallinn’s COVID prevention centres are coming to an end in February and March. The points open in shopping centres will run until the end of February and the one on Vabaduse Square until the end of March. Vaccination at home will be available until the end of February.
Tallinn City Government has decided to allocate €25,000 to the Tallinn Social Welfare and Healthcare Department for a targeted subsidy to the Estonian Red Cross to support the Ukrainian Red Cross in providing humanitarian aid to the people of Eastern Ukraine.
The Tallinn Urban Environment and Public Works Department released a warning that the city's streets may become exceptionally slippery due to falling temperatures.
Due to the preparations for the Estonian Independence Day parade taking place on Vabaduse Square in Tallinn, the Covid prevention point on Vabaduse Square will be closed on 23 and 24 February. Other vaccination points in the city will remain open even during the national holiday.
Tallinn Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart is in Helsinki today to meet Mayor Juhana Vartiainen on the issue of twin-city cooperation. The two mayors will sign a new Tallinn-Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding and agree on joint priorities for action.
Tallinn has started to improve the ventilation systems in all municipal school buildings where needed. This year, the city has earmarked €1.5 million for the improvements.
Tallinn will distribute a total of 100 separate waste collection kits to 17 educational institutions in this spring, with an aim to improve the efficiency of separate waste collection in schools and hobby schools.