Finland Travel Restrictions Reinstated as Second Wave of Infections Hit Europe

"Our strong message is that traveling to risky countries should be avoided. Returning to Finland from them will lead to quarantine and trouble," Minister of Transport and Communications Timo Harakka told reporters.

Finland's own 14-day cumulative number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants stood at 5.2 on Tuesday, among the lowest rates in Europe, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

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But the number of cases has been on the rise in recent weeks, with health authorities counting a total of 7,776 cases and 334 deaths in Finland and a rise of 24 new cases and one death on Tuesday.

Harakka said 43 cases had been detected on travelers arriving on three different Wizz Air flights from Skopje in North Macedonia to Turku in Finland recently and authorities were looking into ways of canceling the connection.

(Writer: Anne Kauranen | Editor: Lincoln Feast)

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-finland-travel/finland-returns-travel-restrictions-for-several-countries-idUSL8N2FL1C6