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Coronavirus

Finland border guard forest by Raja ja merivartiokoulu

CORONAVIRUS MEASURES

Finland prepares to enforce more mobility restrictions

The Nomad Today 3/23/20

"Nightclubs and bars will be closed,” Minister Kulmuni said.

CORONAVIRUS

Message from the Finnish health care workers: “Stay home”

The Nomad Today 3/23/20

The government wants to people to stay home. However, pubs, shops and restaurants are open and it is difficult keep people away from them.

Finland reports 105 new coronavirus cases, 20% more in 24 hours

The Nomad Today 3/22/20

Bars, stores and shopping malls remain open as the number of infected people rises.

Ahtisaari. Former president Martti Ahtisaari and his wife Eeva Ahtisaari. Photo: Presidentti.fi.

CORONAVIRUS

Former first lady Eeva Ahtisaari tests positive for coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/22/20

Eeva Ahtisaari was attending Women's Day celebration concert at the Helsinki Music Center, where she probably got infected.

First death from coronavirus in Finland

The Nomad Today 3/21/20

The patient died on Friday but Finnish authorities took a day to report.

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Finland diagnosed 71 new cases of coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/21/20

The total number of cases reported by health authorities rises to 521 on Saturday 21 March.

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Government prepared to restrict movement from Uusimaa to elsewhere

The Nomad Today 3/21/20

By far, the biggest number of Covid-19 infections have been diagnosed in the Helsinki area and its surroundings.

5 patients in intensive care in Finland

The Nomad Today 3/20/20

On Friday the number of infected people in the country was "about 450", according to the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

CORONAVIRUS

Finland increases Covid-19 tests but not for all

The Nomad Today 3/20/20

In a country that boasts of being one of the most transparent in the World, the Ministry of Health has prohibited hospital districts to provide numbers about patients in intensive care.

Government: people over 70 obliged to refrain from contact with others

The Nomad Today 3/20/20

The Ministry of Health recommends to avoid non-essential visits to older people: "They can be contacted by phone or Skype, for example."

CORONAVIRUS

People with type A blood may be more vulnerable to the coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/20/20

People with blood type A showed a higher rate of infection and they tended to develop more severe symptoms, a study says.

CORONAVIRUS

Stockholm preparing for a big coronavirus crises

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

Sweden expects the number of Covid-19 will "increase dramatically." The Swedish Army is ready to set up field hospitals near the capital and Uppsala.

Finland reports "approximately 400" cases of coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

Authorities announced changes in the counting method. As of 19 March, they will report only on those cases included in the Registry of Infectious Diseases. The health agency admits that this…

CORONAVIRUS

Austrian Tyrol, the idyllic area where Helsinki doctors got infected

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

The Austrian ski region of Tyrol has been declared an epidemic area. A significant number of Finns, including 17 students from the University of Oulu, were infected there.

CORONAVIRUS

Russia confirms first coronavirus death

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

A 79-year-old woman was the first death related to coronavirus in the neighbouring country. Some Finnish hockey players are back home.

CORONAVIRUS MEASURES

Short prison sentences are postponed due to the coronavirus

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

Jail sentences less than six months have been postponed for 3 months.

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Why is Finland reporting so few cases of coronavirus?

The Nomad Today 3/18/20

Until now, the patients structure has been different than elsewhere, because the virus has mainly infected the healthy and the wealthy.

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Toilet paper is already in stores; people now looking for paracetamol

The Nomad Today 3/18/20

People run to pharmacies for paracetamol but it is hard to find.

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Government informative coronavirus site just for natives not for foreigners

The Nomad Today 3/18/20

The Finnish government has launched an service for coronavirus online testing. But this website is just intended for people who can read and understand Finnish or Swedish.