The Finnish fitness government has gone back in previous recommendations and is now urging others to wear masks in public places.
The U-turn occurs after months of stating that there is insufficient evidence to justify its use.
Mika Salminen, director of finnish public fitness body, said: “Evidence of the effectiveness of the mask is not very strong,” but “even small additions to our diversity of available features are justified.”
The number of in Finland is slowly increasing, with 219 new infections shown in the last two weeks.
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The northwestern region of Spain, Galicia, has banned smoking in public spaces if social distance cannot be guaranteed. Last month, the Spanish Society of Epidemiology called for a smoking ban, arguing that asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers “could release droplets” involving the expiration of the virus, endangering the rest of the population. The new rule comes at a time when Spain is experiencing a buildup of coronavirus cases. The country, which on Wednesday reported nearly 1,700 new infections, has had trouble involving the virus since the lockout measures were lifted six weeks ago.
Norway has announced that it will reintroduce 10-day quarantine measures from Saturday for travellers from Poland, Malta, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the Faroe Islands of Denmark and parts of Sweden in the context of emerging COVID-19 fees. The prime minister also suggested that Norwegians avoid travel in an attempt to stop new infections in the country.
France has reached a new post-blocking record for daily infections, with a total of 2524 new cases of coronavirus. Despite the outbreak of infections, the Ministry of Health said there is no strain on hospitals, as the virus is mainly circulating among young people.
Kosovo football club KF Drita was forced to give up its Champions League standings on Wednesday after two players became inflamed with coronavirus. It was the first time that UEFA, which organizes the elite football competition, had to take such a resolution from the pandemic. Northern Ireland champions Linfield advances to the next level of the tournament’s 2020-21 qualifying rounds.
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Former Ecuadorian president Abdala Bucaram has been arrested as part of an organized criminal investigation into a scandal related to the alleged illegal sale of COVID-19 medical supplies. The arrest of the 68-year-old man is related to an investigation into the murder of an Israeli imprisoned for allegedly illegally promoting medical supplies. Bucaram, known for his crazy antics, was president for only six months since 1996, but got rid of the workplace after accusations of corruption and mass protests. He went into exile in Panama for two decades.
Peru has banned the family reunion circle and re-imposed a general ban on leaving home on Sundays amid a new wave of coronavirus cases. The figures showed a 75% increase in infections among young people and adolescents, according to Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra.
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India recorded another daily record for infection accumulation on Thursday, as the death toll exceeded 47,000. Infections have accumulated at 66,999 from the previous day to a total of 2.4 million to date, the Ministry of Health announced. India has now recorded a jump of 50,000 or more daily instances for 15 consecutive days.
The Philippines plans to begin clinical trials for a Russian coronavirus vaccine in October, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said. Duterte is expected to be vaccinated as early as May 2021. The Southeast Asian country is expected to conduct phase 3 clinical trials from October to March 2021, after experts completed a review of Phase One and Two of Russia trials in September, the spokesman said in a report.
Australia on Thursday recorded its smallest accumulation in new COVID-19 instances in more than 3 weeks, a day after the country recorded its deadliest day since the start of the pandemic.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that the coronavirus group in the country was expected to grow before slowing down. “As we all learned from our first experience with COVID, once a cluster is known, it grows before slowing down. We hope that’s the case here,” Ardern said. Auckland, the country’s largest city, has been blocked after the fitness government failed to hint at the origin of the virus that ignited a family, ending the much-acclaimed 102-day series without network transmission in New Zealand.
Jordan will close its northern border crossing with Syria for a week after an increase in COVID-19 cases, authorities said Wednesday. The resolution came after several workers at the Jaber land crossing, the open ground crossing with Syria, became infected.