PM to get tested again for COVID-19

Prime Minister Sanna Marin on Thursday decided to go for remote working from her official residence in Kesäranta as a precautionary measure following a possible coronavirus exposure, said a government press release in the afternoon.

The Premier will also get tested again for COVID-19. She is asymptomatic and feeling fine, the press release added.

She will continue her schedule works on Thursday including participating in a video conference with other EU heads of state.

This is the fifth time the PM went to the remote working as a precautionary measure following possible coronavirus exposure.

Earlier, on August 18, Prime Minister Sanna Marin got tested for COVID-19 following some respiratory symptoms.

On 23 April, Marin went to self-quarantine after a worker of her official residence Kesäranta had become infected with coronavirus. She worked remotely from the Kesäranta as a precautionary measure.

On 25 May, the prime minister took a weeklong sick leave and got tested for COVID-19 after she had developed flu-like symptoms.

On 7 May, all the ministers including the PM started to work remotely, when Social Affairs and Health Minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen and Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen went into self-quarantine after their suspected exposure to coronavirus during government negotiations.

But the tests results were negative.