(Bloomberg) -- Finland’s government took decisions on a number of measures designed to counter the spread of the coronavirus.
The Nordic country is set to mandate social and health-care staff to take vaccinations against the coronavirus and plans to widen the use of Covid passports beyond bars and restaurants, Krista Kiuru, the minister overseeing the pandemic response efforts, told reporters in Helsinki on Tuesday.
The government also told regional authorities to boost test and trace efforts and to recommend remote work in areas where the virus is spreading, she said.
Finland has already ordered bars to stop alcohol sales at 5 p.m. starting Nov. 28 unless they require customers to present a Covid passport, and the Helsinki region last week recommended a return to remote work as well as widespread mask use.
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