All travelers arriving in Finland from countries with a higher level of risk of infection with the coronavirus, will now be required to isolate themselves for two weeks and pass a test on COVID-19. According to Reuters, those who do not want to abide by these rules face fines or even imprisonment for three months.
First, the authorities only encouraged to go after traveling the 14-day quarantine, and no penalty for failure was not provided.
the Decision to change approach was adopted after Finland started arriving passengers from the countries of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, have been diagnosed with a coronavirus, and some of them refused to undergo testing.
According to the Minister for family Affairs and basic services Krista Kiuru, in the beginning of summer in the country very few cases, but in recent days it has been registered 135 new cases. “The number of infections has surprised us,” she said.
Authorities explained the increase in infections by the arrival of infected people from abroad. “To those who dared to go to countries that are not included in recommendation lists of the government, it is necessary to apply more stringent measures. In the current situation, we cannot rely only on testing,” said Kiuru.
currently, Finland has recognized safe only 25 countries, including Uruguay, Ireland, Japan, Greece and Cyprus.
