Estonian response to COVID-19 pandemic: learning, cooperation, and the advantages of being a small country

Abstract Compared to many other countries in Europe, Estonia managed to click here curtail the spread of the new coronavirus rather effectively.This paper offers an overview of the measures undertaken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in March-May 2020 and explain why Estonia managed to successfully contain the epidemic.The paper argues that the management of the crisis was facilitated by political factors, quick policy equi-jec 7 learning, cooperation with the scientific community, and the existing ICT and e-government infrastructure.