From December 28, restrictions on the opening hours of the catering industry and the sale of alcohol will apply for a period of three weeks. “We need to take this situation seriously and respond,” Marin said. The government is preparing a support package to compensate affected catering companies.
Part of the new measures is that residents of the European Union must submit a negative corona test to be allowed to enter the country. Universities are being advised to switch to digital education.
Despite the record number of corona infections in the past two weeks, Finland has one of the lowest infection rates in the EU. So far, more than 220,000 Finns have been infected, nearly 1,500 of whom have not survived.