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16.5 16:41 Cases spike in Kokkola region
The incidence rate in the Central Ostrobothnia hospital district has become one of the highest in the country, even though at the end of April the region had Finland s lowest.
Over 1,000 people are in quarantine and 21 new infections were diagnosed on Sunday. Some of the cases in a cluster traced to a May Day brunch at a yacht club in Kokkola have been confirmed as the variant first identified in India.
Coronavirus infections are now spreading rapidly among young people, especially in Kokkola and the nearby small town of Kannus.
With the news that coronavirus infections have hit their lowest figures since last November, The trend has been very positive, Turku University virologist
Ilkka Julkkunen told the paper.
The vaccine programme is key to saving the summer, Ilta-Sanomat writes. Countries like Israel and the UK, which have vaccinated a significant proportion of their residents, have seen a dramatic drop in both the incidence of the virus and deaths from it. By the end of the summer, we will probably already be in a pretty good situation, where there are no longer grounds for extensive restrictions and personal security measures, Julkkunen told the tabloid.
Passengers prevented from boarding flight due to insufficient test result documentation
Dutch authorities accept evidence of a negative coronavirus test result in English, German, French, Dutch or Spanish but not Finnish.
Finnish language test result documentation or a text message indicating a negative result will not be accepted by Dutch authorities.
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A group of about a dozen passengers travelling to Amsterdam from Helsinki-Vantaa airport on Friday were refused entry onto the aircraft because they did not produce sufficient evidence of a negative coronavirus test result.
Since 29 December the Netherlands, like many other countries, has requested that passengers arriving into the country provide evidence of a negative test result.