Once again, the government is in a hurry to prepare new tools to curb the epidemic. In addition, it is likely to tighten restaurant restrictions and make extensive mask and telecommuting recommendations.
Corona situation is worrying and the government will meet to discuss it early next week, said prime minister Sanna Marin (sd) on Wednesday. That shouldn’t have happened.
According to the government’s action plan, 80% vaccination coverage is enough to move from extensive restrictions and recommendations to targeted regional action alone. Despite crossing the border, the number of hospital admissions and deaths from coronary heart disease has been relatively high in November. The government will once again have to negotiate with the Estates House next Tuesday on what will be done next.
Because of the optimism that has proved excessive, the government has bad cards in its hands. It is already preparing to extend the use of the corona passport to situations where there are no restrictions on operators. Due to late preparations, the introduction of an extended passport is likely to take place at least until January.
Jobs crown passport of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health by will hardly come even then because the preparation of the case is so complicated legally.
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In the background, different parties blame each other for the situation.
This is the second time the government is late with the corona passport due to its change of mind. The introduction of the passport was delayed until mid-October, when in the spring the government decided to stop preparing it and did not change its mind until the summer. Only weeks after the introduction of the passport, the government felt that the use of the passport was made too restricted.
In the background, different parties blame each other for the situation. While increasing the use of the coronary passport alone is not necessarily the answer to escaping the coronary discipline, it is supported by all government parties.
According to centrists, the introduction of the corona pass was delayed from the beginning because the SDP and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health opposed it. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, on the other hand, accuses the Ministry of Justice of pushing for the passport to be restricted to alternatives to restrictive measures.
Next in tuition on tuition on Tuesday, the government may, according to HS sources, decide to recommend the widespread use of masks and recommend telecommuting nationwide. Prime Minister Marin, who told the message of freedom in recent months, is likely to begin to emphasize that the interest rate crisis will continue anyway – as it is elsewhere in Europe.
The government may also, in its negotiations or even before that, decide to tighten the restrictions on restaurant serving times significantly. Representatives of several governing parties believe that there will be an agreement on restaurant restrictions, although, for example, the head of the Social and Health Committee Markus Lohi (center) has reportedly been lax about tighter restrictions.
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If dispensing were ordered to end clearly earlier, virtually all bars would require a corona passport from their customers.
Under current law, the government can issue a decree requiring restaurants to stop drinking at 5 p.m. at the earliest.
Thus, the current situation makes it possible, even without a corona passport, for example, for bars to be served at night. If dispensing were ordered to end clearly earlier, virtually all bars would have to require a corona passport from their customers.
Mayor of Helsinki Juhana Vartiainen (Kok) on Tuesday reiterated its call on the government to significantly tighten restaurant restrictions.
Helsinki Mayor Juhana Vartiainen (Coalition Party) spoke at a press conference of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Corona Coordination Group on Tuesday.
Mutually the government expects the regions to tighten the restrictions on their control. For example, the Coronation Coordination Group for the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, led by Vartiainen, outlined on Tuesday the restoration of extensive mask and telework recommendations, but did not impose stricter restrictions on gatherings and public events for the regional government agency.
The restrictions in Uusimaa, which will take effect on Thursday, only apply to indoor public events that include a group singing or have an audience standing. So, for example, the hockey club HIFK does not begin to demand corona passport in their home matches, because there is no stand at the Helsinki Ice Rink and there are therefore no restrictions on match events.
If the regions tightened and extended restrictions, a corona passport could also be introduced in several transactions.
“It is certainly worth looking at whether it is enough to ban or restrict some of the joint singing events,” said the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Kirsi Varhila For MTV News on wednesday.
Kirsi Varhila, Chief Executive Officer of STM
The ministry may once again issue a new letter of instruction to the regional government agencies, pushing them for tougher restrictions. However, by law, regional government agencies decide on restrictions independently.
When assessing the necessity of restrictions, regional administrations must not take into account the possibility of waiving restrictions with an interest rate passport. In other words, the existence of a corona passport is not a reason to introduce restrictions more sensitively than usual.
Government will probably discuss the so-called emergency brake mechanism in its negotiations next week, but it is unlikely to be introduced. The emergency brake is only to be introduced if, for example, extensive regional restrictions do not work and intensive care threatens to be really overloaded.
The introduction of an emergency brake could mean, for example, a temporary shift to distance learning in schools. In addition, the use of a corona passport would be restricted, if necessary, so that the organizer of events and hobbies would not be exempt from the restrictions, even by requiring a passport. The final step would be to declare exceptional circumstances and introduce an emergency law.
The coronation situation deterioration understandably frustrates many. For example, the Central Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday to introduce a corona passport at its events and happenings. It urges other event organizers to do the same.
Thus, at least the law does not make it possible to require a coronary passport directly, unless there are restrictions on opportunities and events. The Central Chamber of Commerce hopes the government will change the law quickly. However, it is not a turn of the hand.
The government, like countless other Finns, certainly hoped that the increase in vaccination coverage would finally ease the pandemic. When that doesn’t happen, it again has to prepare new tools in a hurry.
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