Finland extends entry ban to February 9 amid rising cases of coronavirus across the globe

Amid rising cases of coronavirus, Finland has extended its restrictions on entry from various countries, including Russia, until February 9. Finland’s interior ministry on January 7 said that as COVID-19 cases are growing globally, county has decided to extend entry restrictions to prevent spre furr. Back in December, Finnish government extended to January 12 its restrictions on entry from countries with an incidence of more than 25 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people in 14 days. 

w, ministry said, “On January 7, government decided that entry restrictions will be extended to February 9, 2021. coronavirus pandemic is still growing globally and number of infections is increasing in most countries faster than in Finland,” ded that exception for neighbouring European Ecomic Area countries is still in force. 

Finland has confirmed over 37,500 cases of dely virus, including 576 fatalities. Meanwhile, Finland has begun vaccinations after Europe started its mass immunisation campaign. So far, COVID-19 vaccines have been ministered to healthcare workers in Finland's five largest hospital districts of Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Kuopio and Oulu. 

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European Commission approves Moderna vaccine 

While earlier European Commission granted emergency use authorisation to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, officials on Thursday also approved US-based pharmaceutical company Moderna’s Vaccine. EMA said that a "very large clinical" trial showed Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to be 94.1 per cent effective. EU ncy said that trial included 30,000 people between 18 to 94 years of . trial proved vaccine is safe and effective and also showed efficacy of 90.9% in people with chronic lung disease, heart disease, obesity, liver disease, diabetes, or HIV infection. Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is ministered in two doses, 28 days apart. 

Meanwhile, World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe on January 7 said that more efforts are required to deal with alarming situation of COVID-19 pandemic with a drastic increase of new infections linked to recently discovered variant of vel coronavirus. While speaking at a press conference, WHO Europe’s regional director Hans Kluge called present situation “a tipping point” in course of pandemic that has continued to tighten its grip even after more than a year it first originated in China. Europe is currently t only dealing with a surge in cases but also new strains of virus causing COVID-19 more easily. 

(With inputs from ANI) 

(Im: AP) 

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