The select rector of Finland has apologise for missing a text notification instructing her to sequestrate after a potential coronavirus exposure and instead went clubbing until 4:00 a.m. , theBBC reportedon Wednesday .
Sanna Marin , who at the old age of 36 has held the record for youngest Finnish prime diplomatic minister since she wear office in 2019 , has an explanation . After foreign minister Pekka Haavisto try positive for the computer virus on Saturday , she enunciate , she talked with the secretary of state , who passed on direction that she did not need to insulate . A subsequent textbook message informing her that she did , in fact , ask to isolate did n’t get until hours later on a specific work headphone — which the choice minister had leave at home base to go club .
“ I did not interrogate the information I receive because FHL [ the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare ] has given a similar instruction to the citizen , ” Marin wrote in a Facebook stake . “ If you have get two vaccinum , those who were exposed are not schedule for a test or quarantine . So on Saturday , I have interpret that the piece of work of the members of the politics council will keep unremarkably , unless the wellness authority is contrary to the statement . ”
Finland Prime Minister Sanna MarinPhoto: Olivier Hoslet, Pool (AP)
“ However , a text message has receive some strange information from the State Council ’s work earphone , which has been urged to invalidate contacts and apply for the test , ” Marin added . “ I received this entropy on Sunday and immediately applied for a test , the issue was negative . ”
“ I should have used good consideration on Saturday dark and rehearse the instruction I got another fourth dimension , ” the prime diplomatic minister concluded . “ I ’m really sorry that I did n’t understand how to do this . ”
Marin says she did n’t see the text until Sunday ; as the BBC account , a local chit-chat magazine had published pic of her dancing with friends at Helsinki ’s Butchers club until roughly 4:00 a.m. The origin of the mixup is likely that while the FHL does instruct citizens who have receive at least two doses of a coronavirus vaccinum they do n’t need to set apart after an exposure — similar to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance in the U.S.—Finnish government employees fall under a special category . According to theHelsingin Sanomat newsprint , internal governance rein express that “ personnel department from the Government and its ministry are advised to avoid contact as soon as information on pic is received . ” The FHL also advises anyone wait the results of a viral test do social distancing on a voluntary basis .
Finland has been comparatively whole by the new coronavirus , which according to Johns Hopkins School of Medicineestimateshas result in over 267 million confirmed infection and well-nigh 5.3 million death worldwide . The same tracker puts Finland at just under 195,000 fount , withnearly 1,400 deaths . FHL Director Mika Salminen has credited the achiever to speedy insurance policy reactions such as lockdowns and locomotion restrictions , German broadcasterDeutsche Welle report , as well as widespread adoption of a contact - tracing app . ( One Helsinki University societal psychologist , Nelli Hankonen , tell the broadcaster another contributing factor was that Finn are “ not very sociable and prefer to be alone . ” )
However , the number of substantiate cases in Finland has been rising for hebdomad and the first case of thebarely understood Omicron chance variable , which may behighly transmissible for some hoi polloi , was recently confirm in the country . The Finnish governmentstates on its websitethat the “ COVID-19 spot in Finland has once again deteriorated importantly . ” While so far the Finnish government has for the most part exit restrictions up to regional and local wellness authorities , it did recently announcemandatory vaccinationrequirements for health care workers .
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