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Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
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Lossi 36, 51003 Tartu
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Raekoja plats 2, 20307 Narva
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Dean's Office

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Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu
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Biomeedikum, Ravila 19, 50411 Tartu
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Puusepa 1a, 50406 Tartu
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L. Puusepa 8, 50406 Tartu
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Ujula 4, 51008 Tartu

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Vanemuise 46–208, 51003 Tartu
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Narva mnt 18, 51009 Tartu
Estonian Marine Institute

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Mäealuse 14, 12618 Tallinn
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W. Ostwaldi 1, 50411 Tartu
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Ravila 14a, 50411 Tartu
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03.11.2021

Last updated on 3 November!

Coronavirus continues to spread in Estonia and globally and the best way to prevent it is getting vaccinated and acting responsibly. The university aims to keep regular studies in the face-to-face format as long as possible, which is why stronger safety measures are imposed. Block mode study takes place in distance learning until the end of December. Safe distancing should be maintained between people during classes, in public rooms and all, including those who are vaccinated, must wear masks in the university buildings.

Find the university's recommendations and guidelines by topic below. Please remember that due to the rapidly changing situation, also the university’s guidelines may be updated.

Vaccination

In order to protect health and maintain face-to-face learning, we set the target that 90% of all university members are vaccinated by the end of October. More than 90% of the university’s staff members are vaccinated. If you are not vaccinated yet, make sure you get your dose. If you first want to discuss vaccination with a specialist, call the family doctors’ advice line 1220 or consult your family physician.
See the list of places where you can get vaccinated without prior booking as well as pharmacies and vaccination centres where you can get vaccinated with prior booking.
All international employees and students can also get vaccinated in Estonia. National health insurance is not required and vaccination is free of charge. There are a number of places where you can get vaccinated without prior booking, but it is also possible to book a time slot by calling 1247, making an appointment on www.digiregistratuur.ee or by calling your local hospital or private medical centre.
For vaccination, an Estonian ID code is needed. The students staying in Tartu can get their Estonian ID code at the Tartu Welcome Centre. However, one should keep in mind that visiting offices is allowed once self-isolation period, if needed, has been completed.
The EU digital Covid-19 immunisation certificate can be viewed, printed and downloaded in the patient portal www.digilugu.ee under "EU digital Covid certificates". An ID card, mobile-ID or Smart-ID is required for logging into the patient portal.
Estonians and all foreign residents who have the Estonian personal identification code but cannot access the Patient Portal (digilugu.ee) to create their digital COVID certificate can now apply for the certificate at the customer services of the Social Insurance Board across Estonia. Foreigners who want to get the certificate at the Social Insurance Board must have the Estonian personal identification code and an identity document. It is possible to fill in and print the application beforehand. The service is free of charge for everybody.

Further information about vaccination:
https://vaktsineeri.ee/en/
https://kkk.kriis.ee/en/faq/covid-19-vaccination/vaccination-in-estonia

Covid questions

Below, we have gathered frequently asked questions about COVID-related aspects of the organisation of teaching and studies this academic year, answered by Academic Secretary Tõnis Karki.

Legal basis

Who has established these rules?
- These are not rules, i.e. not a prohibition, order or punishment imposed by someone, but a guideline or a code of conduct the university members should follow to allow the university to continue its activities, in particular teaching and studies, in as usual way as possible in the context of the spread of the coronavirus. The guidelines aim to clarify the recommended rules of conduct and do not include any measures or sanctions the university would apply if the guidelines were not followed.
Do the university’s guidelines apply to degree studies only?
- Yes, the guidelines apply to degree studies only. In continuing education and when organising events, the rules established in the government order apply: the COVID certificate must be checked, but the person responsible for activities is prohibited from retaining any personal data, unless the relevant person gives their consent to that. Although the order gives the right to retain data based on the person’s consent, using this opportunity is not advisable, as in that case, the organiser also needs to be ready to prove the existence of the consent and all relevant rules rules arising from the General Data Protection Regulation apply to the processing of data. To make it clear: checking the existence of the certificate is establishing the fact, but storing this fact without the person’s consent is prohibited.

Wearing masks

If the mask is mandatory for everyone indoors, as decided by the government, is it still necessary to check the vaccination/test result?
- The mask is mandatory in public indoor spaces, i.e. rooms where anyone can enter. Therefore, the mask requirement in the public spaces of the university partly proceeds from the government order (in spaces open for the public), but is also a recommended code of conduct (in spaces not strictly open for the public but where many people gather, for instance, between lectures).
  It is important to emphasise that even in rooms where the mask must be worn, this requirement does not apply to people who cannot do it for health reasons. The person does not have to prove the contraindication to mask wearing.
  Generally, a vaccinated person's immune response to coronavirus is at least one order of magnitude more effective than a mask. Testing is relatively ineffective – today's negative test can turn out to be positive tomorrow.
Are cloth masks acceptable? Or covering one's nose and mouth with a scarf? Is the face shield still acceptable, especially for teaching staff?
- Only protective masks, not scarves or visors, may be used to cover the nose and mouth.

COVID-certificate

Does the university’s guideline which allows a teaching staff member to ask a student for a COVID certificate if the student does not wear the mask comply with the the position of the Data Protection Inspectorate which says that the university cannot ask the COVID certificate from degree students to check their infection safety even with their consent?
- Since the government order which lays down the measures necessary for preventing the spread of COVID-19 does not specify the rules about adults in degree studies, the university has no legal basis for checking the COVID certificates of all students. However, a code of conduct has been agreed at the university, which gives the student a choice whether to wear a mask during studies or to show the COVID certificate to the teaching staff member to be allowed not to wear the mask. Wearing the mask gives the student the opportunity to refrain from disclosing his or her health data (i.e. not to say if he or she has been vaccinated). It must be noted that this is a code of conduct and not a rector’s decree. Therefore, all university members are expected to use common sense, not to organise their work merely on the basis of orders and prohibitions.
  The Data Protection Inspectorate has explained that the university cannot ask degree students for the COVID certificate based on the person’s consent only if it is not voluntary. In its guidelines, the university does not make participation in studies dependent either a COVID certificate or wearing a mask, so the student may present a certificate or wear a mask, but does not have to.
Can a degree student’s COVID certificate or the fact of wearing the mask be recorded in writing?
- The collection of personal data must have a specific purpose and legal basis (Article 6 of GDPR).
  A COVID certificate can only be requested from a student not wearing the mask for the purpose of preventing infection, but at the same time the student is not obliged to present it, nor does the student need to justify for what health reason they cannot wear a mask. No data on the presenting or not presenting a certificate may be recorded.
  Wearing a mask is one measure to reduce the spread of the virus (government order). Since the fact of wearing a mask does not provide information about the vaccination status or the infection safety of a person, it is difficult to see the purpose of recording the fact of wearing a mask in relation to preventing the spread of the virus. The general principles governing the processing of personal data are set out in Article 5 of the GDPR and, based on that, storing any obvious fact relating to a person without any purpose or legal basis is not permitted.

Vaccination

What is the position on unvaccinated teaching staff? Currently, the employer (e.g. head of institute) does not even know how many of the teaching staff have not been vaccinated and who they are. Do they have to be regularly tested and submit the test result to teach?
- According to the Ministry of Education and Research, the level of vaccination among UT staff is very good – over 90% –, thus the majority of employees have been vaccinated. We have to understand that a vaccination level of 100% is unachievable.
  The university does not stigmatise its staff or students based on vaccination. I also want to remind you that an unvaccinated person does not equal an infected person. The head of institute cannot know who has been vaccinated and who has not. The university doesn't have that data. Such data can and may generally be disclosed only by the employee or student him- or herself.
  The employer’s right to process the employees’ health data proceeds from the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the need for testing must be based on the risk analysis of each team.
  Nevertheless, we're trying to make do without testing or only do it if absolutely necessary. Testing once a week as suggested in the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Research might not be very efficient – the negative test taken on Monday can already be positive on Tuesday. The Ministry of Education and Research has allocated 4,000 rapid antigen tests to the University of Tartu for the screening of unvaccinated employees until the end of 2021, that is for 17 weeks. As these rapid tests are meant for professional use, they can be carried out only by a healthcare professional, a person who has completed the corresponding training or the tested person him- or herself under the guidance and in presence of one of the first two.
Are you considering collecting data from international staff to specify the statistics of vaccinated staff members?
- The accuracy of statistics is not that important. The university does not and must not collect personalised data on vaccinations. It is the general level we are interested in – more than 90% of UT staff have been vaccinated.

Distancing and room occupancy

In which cases is the 50% occupancy limit applied? And what happens to the 50% occupancy limit if the 90% vaccination rate is reached at the university: are masks still to be worn in large groups where the 50% occupancy limit cannot be met? Or will the 50% occupancy limit also disappear?
- We shouldn't get stuck in numbers and percentages. No one will prescribe the exact number of people, square meters, etc. We assume that teaching staff understand that ensuring distancing is essential in the case of sufficiently large groups of students. Whether this is achieved by filling 30, 50 or 70% of seats depends more on the size and layout of the room. The teaching staff member should generally be able to assess the risks and numerical values of risk mitigation.
  Why do we emphasise large study groups of more than one hundred participants? If someone happens to spread the virus in a crowded lecture hall, there will be many people who might be infected and need to self-isolate. This risk can be reduced by recording a lecture or holding it online. Thanks to vaccination, the risk of infection has now been reduced and is likely to decrease further. Thus, I hope the teaching staff, the institute and the faculty use their common sense to find out where to draw the line between large, medium and small groups and in which rooms the risk of the virus spreading is the highest.
  Here, we could also reflect on lectures as such in general. Perhaps the pandemic gives us the reason to consider how useful as a learning method is a lecture with more than a hundred participants, where the lecturer delivers a monologue – perhaps with almost the same content and form each year – and the people in the lecture hall listen passively or scroll their smart devices. If the lecture has been pre-recorded, the student can listen to it at a convenient time, and the teaching staff member has more time to prepare an interactive seminar or to conduct a research experiment.

Organisation of studies

New! Read the newst guidelines.
The university aims to keep regular studies in the face-to-face format as long as possible, which is why stronger safety measures are imposed.
Block mode study takes place in distance learning until the end of December.
Students can get the most accurate information about the organisation of studies in their specialisation from their institute.
Safe distancing should be maintained between people during classes, in public rooms and all, including those who are vaccinated, must wear masks in the university buildings. Only protective masks, not scarves or visors, may be used to cover the nose and mouth.
The focus should be on what is inevitable to continue teaching and studies. We recommend to cancel or postpone all big events. Also the anniversary events of Estonia’s national university are cancelled.
In institutes where it is not possible to implement all measures to limit the spread of the virus, the head of unit has the right to make institute-specific decisions on the organisation of studies.
Pursuant to the government’s order, only those who have been fully vaccinated against or recovered from Covid-19 may participate in continuing education courses as of 25 October. An exception is made for continuing education training and related exams, allowing training which has already started and which is needed to obtain a certificate evidencing a qualification to be carried out until completion. Instructions on organising continuing education can be found on the intranet (in Estonian).

Vaccination guarantees participation in face-to-face classes. This means that in case of close contact with a coronavirus carrier, vaccinated students without symptoms of the viral disease do not have to isolate and miss studies. The university does not have to ensure online learning opportunities to unvaccinated students who are absent from classes due to illness or safe-isolation rules.
All changes will be immediately communicated to students and made available in the SIS.
International students and staff arriving in Estonia from third countries are required to present a negative coronavirus test. Read more from University of Tartu website.
Until reaching the target of having 90% of the university members vaccinated, everyone must wear a mask in the public rooms of study buildings (corridors, lobbies, etc.) and at crowded gatherings.
If you have a question about the organisation of studies, submit it here.

Organisation of work

Heads of units and employees will cooperate to find solutions that consider the interests of both the university and the employee and ensure a safe working environment for all.
All units are asked to organise their work so as to reduce unnecessary contacts. If necessary, employees must be allowed to work remotely.
In institutes where it is not possible to implement all measures to limit the spread of the virus, the head of unit has the right to make institute-specific decisions on the organisation of studies.
The focus should be on what is inevitable to continue teaching and studies. We recommend to cancel or postpone all big events. Also the anniversary events of Estonia’s national university are cancelled.
Until reaching the target of having 90% of the university members vaccinated, everyone must wear a mask in the public rooms of study buildings (corridors, lobbies, etc.) and at crowded gatherings.
Prefer paperless procedures and forward documents via electronic channels.
International students and staff arriving in Estonia from third countries are required to present a negative coronavirus test. Read more from University of Tartu website. 
For more detailed guidelines on the organisation of work in the context of COVID-19, see the university's intranet.

Organisation of public events

Please follow national guidelines for organising public events. We recommend to cancel or postpone all big events. Also the anniversary events of Estonia’s national university (incl. the torchlight procession) are cancelled.

Travelling

If you travelled abroad, make sure to consult the web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the movement restrictions for people arriving in Estonia. As the epidemiological situation may change rapidly, plan any trips abroad with the consideration that you may be subject to movement restrictions upon returning to Estonia.
International students and staff arriving in Estonia from third countries are required to present a negative coronavirus test. Read more from University of Tartu website.

Possible infection

If you suspect infection with coronavirus, call your family doctor or the family doctor’s advice line 1220 for advice. 
To prevent further spread of the virus, stay at home while waiting for the test results and when tested positive. 
Information about a person being infected with COVID-19 is sensitive personal data and must not be forwarded, except with the person’s consent. Nevertheless, employees and students are encouraged to inform the university if they turn out to be virus carriers and have been in close contact with university staff or students. Rapid exchange of information helps us prevent the spread of the virus at the university. If an employee turns out to be a virus carrier or a close contact, we recommend informing his or her immediate supervisor. If a student turns out to be a virus carrier or a close contact, we recommend him or her to inform the academic affairs specialist.

Contact information 

Tõnis Karki, Academic Secretary of University of Tartu, contact person of the Health Board at the University of Tartu, 529 7917, tonis.karki [ät] ut.ee 
Viivika Eljand-Kärp, Head of Communication of the University of Tartu, 5354 0689, viivika.eljand-karp [ät] ut.ee 
 
National coronavirus helpline: 1247 (+372 600 1247 for calls from abroad)
National restrictions are available on the state website on COVID-19:  www.kriis.ee /en  
Health Board’s website: www.terviseamet.ee/en
ERR News regularly updated webpage with relevant information: Coronavirus in Estonia: All you need to know
Restrictions in force in Estonia https://www.kriis.ee/en/restrictions-force-estonia

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