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Finland declares state of emergency to fight Covid epidemic
The government also submitted a proposal to Parliament on the closure bars and restaurants for a three-week period.
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) and Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen (SDP) at the Monday afternoon press conference.
Image: Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva
Finland has declared a state of emergency to give the government more flexibility in issuing further restrictions in efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic.
Prime Minister
Sauli Niinistö.
Finland recorded 720 new confirmed cases on Friday, a new daily record that focused attention on an uptick in cases in a country that has not been hit as hard by Covid as many other EU states.
The government had planned to partially introduce two sections of the Emergency Powers Act.
Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP, left) and Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen (SDP) at the press conference on Monday afternoon.
Image: Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva
The government has rowed back on plans to apply two provisions of the Emergency Powers Act, announced earlier on Monday in conjunction with the declaration of a state of emergency. Sections 106 and 107 of the Emergency Powers Act will not be applied in any way until the conditions for their use are clarified and the matter is legally clarified once again, Prime Minister
Sanna Marin (SDP) wrote on Twitter on Monday evening.
Brain waste squanders potential and talent in Finland
Returnees and foreigners say they struggle to find work with foreign qualifications and experience due to recruitment bias.
Image: Silja Viitala / Yle
While the Finnish government has announced ambitious employment targets, many highly qualified foreigners and Finnish returnees lament how difficult it is to find steady employment in their own fields in Finland.
Anne s experiences of job-seeking in Finland are similar to many foreigners. Originally from Denmark, she moved to Finland in 2014. At the time, she was on maternity leave and finishing her Master s thesis in political science, with a specialisation in energy and environmental affairs.