The COVID-19 pandemic in Estonia is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have spread to Estonia when the first case was confirmed in Tallinn on 27 February 2020. By 11 March, 15 people in Estonia had been diagnosed with the virus, all of them had been infected outside the country, mostly in Northern Italy. On 12 March, the first cases of locally transmitted infections emerged, and on 13 March, the Estonian government declared a state of emergency until 1 May 2020. As a result, all the schools and universities were closed, and all public gatherings banned, including sports and cultural events. As of 2 June, the total number of confirmed cases in the country was 1,880 of which 1,650 had recovered and 69 had died.
Covid-19 is an ongoing pandemic caused by a new coronavirus named as SARS-CoV-2.SARS-CoV-2 has structural similarity with bat coronavirus and SARS-coronavirus. Researches are being done to develop effective vaccines and drugs for the disease. Unani medicine has effective preventive measures for epidemic diseases. Phytochemicals in herbal drugs can potentially help in reducing the disease burden.