Press releases
Health security at Finland’s borders: Exception to obligation to present COVID-19-related certificate or be tested
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15.10.2021 18.48
COVID-19 passport can be introduced, provisions on entry into the country to remain in force
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15.10.2021 17.03
Pasi Pohjola appointed as new Director of Strategic Affairs at Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
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14.10.2021 16.50
User fees for national information system services in healthcare and social welfare confirmed for 2022–2023
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14.10.2021 15.31
Social rights, fair working life and occupational health and safety on the agenda at ministerial meeting in Luxembourg
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14.10.2021 15.05
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — restrictions to be introduced in Central Ostrobothnia
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14.10.2021 13.30
Minors using My Kanta Pages — EU Digital COVID Certificate available as printout from healthcare if necessary
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14.10.2021 10.38
Number of COVID-19 patients in hospital care continues to rise — 74 per cent of people aged 12 or over have been vaccinated twice
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14.10.2021 10.00
EU health ministers to discuss COVID-19 vaccines and availability of medicines at their informal meeting
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11.10.2021 15.18
Working group seeks ways to prevent abuse in accommodation conditions for foreign workers
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7.10.2021 14.35
First implementation plan for Child Strategy sets out 30 new measures to safeguard children’s rights
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7.10.2021 13.43
Definition of close contact to be removed from the Communicable Diseases Act
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7.10.2021 13.30
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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7.10.2021 13.29
Numbers of COVID-19 cases and hospital patients rising, with majority being unvaccinated
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7.10.2021 10.00
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — lighter restrictions for acceleration and community transmission phases of epidemic
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30.9.2021 13.59
Nearly 70 per cent of people aged 12 or over have been vaccinated twice
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30.9.2021 10.00
2022 budget proposal for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health and its branch of government
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27.9.2021 11.40
National recommendation on remote work to be lifted in mid-October – workplaces can start preparing for combined remote and office work
Press release
24.9.2021 12.26
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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23.9.2021 13.43
More than 67 per cent of people aged 12 or over have been vaccinated twice
Press release
23.9.2021 10.00