Health officials in Finland announced no new coronavirus infections on Thursday for the first time in more than three months.
“This is the first ‘zero day’ since February 26,” a spokesperson for the Institute for Health and Welfare told AFP.
However, one person died from the virus on Thursday, the institute said, bringing the death toll to 322 in the Nordic nation of 5.5 million people.
An estimated 5,800 of Finland’s 7,000 recorded COVID-19 cases have now recovered.
A total of 50 people remain in hospital, with seven in intensive care.
The virus’ reproduction rate has fallen in the last two weeks to between 0.75 and 0.80, officials said, adding that more than a third of hospital districts did not register a single case during the final week of May.
Since mid-May Finland’s government has begun lifting emergency restrictions that were imposed on 18 March.
READ ALSO: Armenia Hospitals Overwhelmed As COVID-19 Cases Surge
Schools were reopened for two weeks before the summer holidays began at the start of June, and earlier this week bars, restaurants, sports facilities and cultural institutions were allowed to reopen under social distancing regulations.
However, officials and the government have said they are braced for a second wave of infections later in the year, and have warned the public to continue following distancing advice and to self-isolate and seek testing if they experience any symptoms.
AFP
It must also be made clear to audiences when voices they are hearing are AI…
The pope missed last year's open-air ceremony, which took place shortly after he was released…
The Italian had lost to Medvedev in the Miami final last year but beat him…
The presidential spokesman said he and some other staff of the Presidency call Tinubu “President…
The elder statesman also insisted that there is no way the 1999 Constitution can solve…
He called for strong political will on the part of leaders at all levels to…