Finland will begin gradually easing COVID-19 restrictions from Tuesday (Feb. 1) instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals eases, the government said late on Thursday (Jan. 27).
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On January 18, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said Finland would begin scaling back restrictions from mid-February.
A huge protest today in Finland to call for an end to COVID emergency powers. pic.twitter.com/lLn277g442
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“The burden on intensive care units has taken a turn in a better direction,” Finland’s minister for health and social affairs Hanna Sarkkinen told reporters.