70% Finns satisfied with govt's measures to curb coronavirus: Poll

Majority of Finns consider the measures introduced by the government to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus to be well timed and appropriately rigorous, news agency Xinhua reported quoting a recent survey conducted for a Finnish language daily Helsingin Sanomat by market research firm Kantar TNS.

According to the survey published by the daily on Sunday, 70 percent of Finns considered the restrictive measures to be appropriate. Less than 20 percent considered them too loose, while 10 percent said they are unnecessarily strict.

Since COVID-19 reached Finland earlier this year, the government have carried out a series of restrictive measures to curb the spread of the disease, including closing borders, shutting down schools and other educational institutes, closing restaurants, limiting public gatherings to 10 people, encouraging remote working, and sealing off travel to and from the Uusimaa province to prevent the spread of the virus across other areas of the country, and so on.

Among the above measures, the transition of schools to distance learning was accepted by 90 percent of the respondents, while the seal-off the Uusimaa province won 88 percent approval.

Furthermore, the poll indicates that Finns have strong confidence in the state's top management. About 84 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the actions of Prime Minister Sanna Marin, while 85 percent said that they were satisfied with what President Sauli Niinistö has done relating to the virus.

The survey received replies from 1,053 respondents.

As of Sunday afternoon, Finland has confirmed 1,927 infections of COVID-19, of which 28 patients have died, 76 have been in intensive care, according to the Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare.