Current Issues
All travellers arriving in Finland required having a COVID certificate or a test
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3.12.2021 11.26
Restrictions applicable in community transmission areas to be introduced in new regions
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2.12.2021 13.56
Number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, intensive care strained
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2.12.2021 10.00
Tighter restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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26.11.2021 10.58
Ministers for health and social services: Tighter restrictions on food and beverage service businesses proposed
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25.11.2021 15.21
National vaccination strategy to be updated
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25.11.2021 15.05
Government proposes to continue temporary amendments to Communicable Diseases Act until end of June 2022
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25.11.2021 13.35
Number of COVID-19 cases and testing volumes are increasing and need for hospital care remains high
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25.11.2021 10.00
Minister Sarkkinen attends seminar on Economy of Wellbeing and OECD roundtable discussion on effects of COVID-19 on wellbeing
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24.11.2021 8.40
Finland’s International Gender Equality Prize goes to combating violence against women
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22.11.2021 16.33
Finland provides assistance to Estonia in fighting COVID-19 epidemic by lending vaccines
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18.11.2021 13.35
Nearly 80.6 per cent of people aged 12 or over have been vaccinated twice — burden on specialised healthcare and case numbers are increasing
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18.11.2021 10.00
Restrictions on food and beverage service businesses to continue until end of year
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15.11.2021 18.44
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health issues circular to regions on full application of action plan for hybrid strategy
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12.11.2021 14.22
Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 80 per cent for people aged 12 or over — figures show a clear rise in COVID-19 cases
Press release
11.11.2021 10.00
EU Digital COVID Certificate now available for people who have had COVID-19 and received one vaccine dose
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5.11.2021 15.27
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — restrictions to be introduced in Kymenlaakso
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4.11.2021 13.26
Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 79 per cent for people aged 12 or over — number of infections is high while burden on specialised healthcare has not increased
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4.11.2021 10.00
Proposal to expand use of COVID-19 passport requires legal assessment
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29.10.2021 13.53
Restrictions on food and beverage service businesses to continue until 15 November
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28.10.2021 13.22
Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 78 per cent for people aged 12 or over – epidemiological situation remains essentially unchanged
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28.10.2021 10.00
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses – restrictions to be introduced in South Ostrobothnia and Uusimaa
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21.10.2021 13.29
Two-dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 76 per cent for people aged 12 or over – burden on specialised healthcare remains substantial
Press release
21.10.2021 10.00
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
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
Definition of close contact to be removed from the Communicable Diseases Act
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7.10.2021 13.30