Govt to review grounds to keep eateries closed
Published : 01 Apr 2021, 22:09
Updated : 02 Apr 2021, 01:00
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) will submit a statement on possible changes to the areas falling under the restaurant lockdown to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on seven April, said the government in a press release.
In the statement, the THL will state its opinion on the updated assessments of the regions’ epidemiological situation provided by regional coordination groups.
Updated regional assessments are expected to be made on six April.
Restaurants and other food and beverage service businesses, however, must remain closed to customers until 18 April 2021 in regions where it is necessary to stop the escalation of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The government will amend the decree and impose and lift closure restrictions in line with the development of the epidemiological situation in any given region or area.
An amended decree will be issued on eight April, if the closing of restaurants is no longer deemed necessary in any given region or if the epidemiological situation has become more serious in any given region.
In a region where the epidemiological situation has improved and the closure of restaurants is no longer necessary, the amended decree ending the lockdown would be applicable as of nine April.
Possible new closure requirements would enter into force on 12 April at 00:00.hours. This would apply only in a situation where, based on THL statement, the epidemiological situation is considered to have seriously deteriorated and lockdown is deemed essential to stop acceleration of the epidemic.