Finland Backtracks on Forcing Quarantine on Most Travelers
Travelers ask for instructions at Helsinki-Vantaa airport in Vantaa, Finland on Aug. 3.
Photographer: Roni Rekomaa/Lehtikuva/AFP via Getty Images
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Finland’s government won’t impose blanket quarantines on travelers, Prime Minister Sanna Marin said, backtracking from comments by a minister in her government.
Authorities are already able to impose mandatory quarantines when such measures are deemed necessary, but no political decision will be taken to force all travelers from certain countries to isolation for 14 days, Marin told reporters on Wednesday. Such measures remain voluntary for the most part, she said.