COVID-19 pandemic in Finland
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.
| COVID-19 pandemic in Finland | |
|---|---|
 Confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants | |
| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Finland |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Inari |
| Arrival date | 23–28 January 2020 (4 years, 9 months, 1 week and 4 days ago, or up to 5 days earlier) |
| Confirmed cases | 6,003 |
| Recovered | >4,300 (as of May 12th, before that day was unknown at level at least 300) |
Deaths | 275 |
Background
changeOn 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
changeOn 30 January, Finland's health officials said that up to 24 Finnish people may have the virus.[5]
Response
changeOn 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
change- ↑ "Pneumonia of unknown cause – China".
- ↑ "Covid-19 - Situazione nel mondo". salute.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus symptom-free". Yle News. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ↑ "Finland closes schools, declares state of emergency over coronavirus". Yle Uutiset. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
- ↑ "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.