2020 in Finland
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Events from the year 2020 in Finland
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 27 - Following the developments of COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China, Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs advised citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to Hubei province.[1]
- January 28 - Finnair announced it would be suspending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.[2]
- January 29 - COVID-19 pandemic in Finland: 1st confirmed case. 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.[3][4][5][6]
- January 30 - Finland's health officials estimated that up to 24 people may have been exposed to the virus.[7]
February
- February 5 - 3 of the 24 people suspected of being exposed have left Finland by this date, and 14 of the remaining 21 have been quarantined.[8]
- February 26 - 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]
- February 28 - a Finnish woman who had traveled to Northern Italy, tested positive by the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District and was advised to remain in home isolation.[10][11]
March
- March 13 - the remaining part of the 2019–20 Liiga season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[12]
Births
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Deaths
- January 30 – Jörn Donner, Finnish writer, film director and politician (b. 1933)[13]
- 26 March – Olavi Borg, professor and politician, Liberal People's Party member of parliament 1972–1975 (b. 1935)[14]
- 5 April – Pentti Linkola, writer, ornithologist and ecologist (b. 1932)[15]
- April – Kauko Juhantalo, Centre Party politician (b. 1942)[16]
References
- ^ "Finland issues China travel advisory over coronavirus concerns". Yle News. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Finnair suspends five weekly routes to China due to coronavirus". Yle News. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Nuori kiinalaisturisti eristetty Lapin keskussairaalassa koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Kiinalainen matkailija tuotu eristykseen Lapin keskussairaalaan koronavirusepäilyn vuoksi". Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ "Suomen ensimmäinen koronavirustartunta varmistui". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Finland's first coronavirus case confirmed in Lapland". Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Finland's first coronavirus patient released from hospital symptom-free". Yle News. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Woman in Helsinki Tests Positive for Novel Coronavirus". Yle News. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset.
- ^ "New coronavirus infection confirmed in Helsinki". Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
- ^ Liiga-kausi päättyy välittömästi – Suomen mestaruus jää jakamatta (in Finnish)
- ^ "Kirjailija, ohjaaja Jörn Donner on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Emeritusprofessori Olavi Borg on kuollut". Tampereen Korkeakouluyhteisö (in Finnish). 27 March 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Luonnonsuojelija Pentti Linkola on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 5 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Entinen kansanedustaja Kauko Juhantalo on kuollut". yle.fi (in Finnish). 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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