Current Issues
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
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
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23.9.2021 10.00
Government proposal on COVID-19 passport submitted to Parliament
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21.9.2021 14.05
Government proposes extending validity of provisions of Communicable Diseases Act concerning entry into country to ensure health security
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21.9.2021 14.05
Lighter regional restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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16.9.2021 13.23
Slow decrease in COVID-19 infections – burden on specialised healthcare remains the same
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16.9.2021 10.00
National strategy for COVID-19 testing and tracing updated to target testing and tracing more accurately
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14.9.2021 13.46
Restrictions on food and beverage service businesses to be eased
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14.9.2021 13.38
Ministerial Working Group on Health and Social Services proposes lighter restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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13.9.2021 20.01
Monti Commission: Future crisis management requires investment in health and sustainable development
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10.9.2021 13.29
Government proposal on the COVID-19 vaccination passport to be submitted to Parliament in mid-September
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9.9.2021 16.58
Action plan to manage the COVID-19 crisis aims to keep society open
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9.9.2021 14.30
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — restrictions to be lifted in Central Finland
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9.9.2021 13.32
COVID-19 cases continue to fall slowly — full course of vaccination gives good protection against infection
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9.9.2021 10.00
Finland preparing to issue EU COVID-19 vaccination certificates to people vaccinated in other countries
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8.9.2021 15.05
Changes to restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — restrictions to be eased in Satakunta and Rovaniemi
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5.9.2021 15.38
Government submits proposal to lift the two-metre rule
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5.9.2021 15.38
Government decides on new regional restrictions on food and beverage service businesses
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2.9.2021 13.28
Decline in COVID-19 cases slowing down — need for hospital care remains unchanged
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2.9.2021 10.01
Health security at Finland’s borders: new decree on exceptions concerning people arriving in Finland from abroad
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31.8.2021 13.12
Restrictions on food and beverage service businesses — Ostrobothnia moves to COVID-19 community transmission phase
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26.8.2021 13.29
Number of new COVID-19 cases declining
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26.8.2021 10.00
Expert group appointed to analyse information on long-term effects of COVID-19
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25.8.2021 10.40
New restrictions to be imposed on food and beverage service businesses in several regions
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19.8.2021 18.40
Health security at Finland’s borders: List of low-risk countries as of 23 August
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19.8.2021 13.23
Number of COVID-19 cases remains high although growth rate of new infections has stabilised
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19.8.2021 10.00
