COVID-19 pandemic in Finland

COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
Confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationFinland
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
Index caseInari
Arrival date23–28 January 2020
(4 years, 11 months and 4 days ago, or up to 5 days earlier)
Confirmed cases6,003
Recovered>4,300 (as of May 12th, before that day was unknown at level at least 300)
Deaths
275

The first case of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Finland was confirmed on 29 January 2020, when a Chinese tourist visiting Ivalo from Wuhan tested positive for the virus.

Background

On 31 December 2019, the Health Commission of Wuhan, Hubei, China, informed the WHO about a large number of acute pneumonia cases with unknown origin in its province.[1] On 9 January 2020, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) reported the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 as the cause.[2]

On 27 January, 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.[3] The following day, Finnair announced it would be ending its five weekly routes to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing until the end of March.[4]

Numbers

On 30 January, Finland's health officials said that up to 24 Finnish people may have the virus.[5]

Response

On 16 March, the president declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19.[6] 272 laboratory-confirmed cases caused by COVID-19 had been diagnosed in Finland by 16 March 2020 at 2 pm.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Pneumonia of unknown cause – China".
  2. ↑ "Covid-19 - Situazione nel mondo". salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 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. ↑ "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Finland closes schools, declares state of emergency over coronavirus". Yle Uutiset. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  7. ↑ "Uusimmat tiedot koronaviruksesta: Hallitus kertoo lisätoimista klo 16 jälkeen, Suomessa 272 varmennettua tartuntaa, sairastuneita todennäköisesti 20–30 kertaa enemmän". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-16.