COVID-19 pandemic in Finland

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Main article: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe
See also: 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak and 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak by country and territory

2020 coronavirus outbreak in Finland
Map of regions with confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases (as of 1 March)
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseIvalo
Arrival dateBetween 23 January to 28 January 2020
(4 years, 3 months, 4 weeks and 1 day to 4 years, 4 months and 4 days ago)[a]
Confirmed cases6
Recovered1
Deaths
0

This article documents the impacts of the 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak in Finland, and may not include all the contemporary major responses and measures.

Timeline

On 27 January, Finland's foreign ministry advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.[3] The following day, the Finnish airline Finnair announced it suspended five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.[4]

On 28 January, Finland confirmed the first case of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A 32-year-old Chinese woman from Wuhan sought medical attention in Ivalo and tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. She had travelled from Wuhan. She was quarantined at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi.[5][1][6][2] The woman recovered and was discharged on 5 February after testing negative on two consecutive days.[7]

On 30 January, Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.[8] By 5 February, three of the potentially exposed individuals were known to have left the country, and fourteen of the remaining 21 had been placed in quarantine and were expected to be released over the following weekend.[7]

On 26 February, Finland's health officials confirmed the second case, a Finnish woman, who made a trip to Milan and was back in Finland on 22 February, tested positive at the Helsinki University Central Hospital.[9]

On 28 February, a Finnish woman who had travelled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.[10][11]

On 1 March, three new cases—associates of the woman diagnosed with the virus on 28 February—were confirmed in the Helsinki region. They were instructed to remain in isolation at home. This brought the total number of infections diagnosed in Finland to six.[12][13] Later that day, 130 people, including students at Helsinki University’s Viikki teacher training school were placed in quarantine after having been in close contact with one of the diagnosed.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ The sources state the first case left for her trip from Wuhan five days before the diagnosis, but no exact date of her arrival in Finland is given, placing the arrival of the virus in Finland somewhere between 23 February and 28 February.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kiinalainen matkailija tuotu eristykseen Lapin keskussairaalaan koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Finland's first coronavirus case confirmed in Lapland". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Finland issues China travel advisory over coronavirus concerns". Yle News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Finnair suspends five weekly routes to China due to coronavirus". Yle News. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Nuori kiinalaisturisti eristetty Lapin keskussairaalassa koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Suomen ensimmäinen koronavirustartunta varmistui". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Finland's first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free". Yle News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Woman in Helsinki Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus". Yle News. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ^ https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/new_coronavirus_infection_confirmed_in_helsinki/11234516
  11. ^ "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Two new coronavirus cases confirmed in southern Finland". Yle Uutiset. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  13. ^ Hämäläinen, Veli-Pekka; Näveri, Anna (1 March 2020). "Uudellamaalla 130 ihmistä joutuu karanteeniin – kolme uutta koronavirustartuntaa". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  14. ^ "130 in Helsinki face quarantine following exposure to coronavirus". Yle Uutiset. 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

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