PM tests positive for COVID-19

Prime Minister Sanna Marin has been infected with coronavirus, the Premier wrote in her twitter on Wednesday morning.

“I took a coronavirus home test following increase of temperature on Tuesday night and the result is positive,” she wrote in the twitter post in Finnish.

The PM, however, said that the symptoms are mild and she feels well.

Marin also pointed out that she takes home tests very often due to the frequent travelling and took test earlier this week but the result was negative.

Earlier, in October 2020 Marin was tested for coronavirus twice and the results of the first test were negative.

On 10 September, 2020 Marin went for remote working and tested for COVID 19 following a possible coronavirus exposure.

On 18 August, 2020 the prime minister got tested for COVID-19 following some respiratory symptoms.

On 23 April, 2020 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, 2020 the prime minister took a weeklong sick leave and got tested for COVID-19 after she had developed flu-like symptoms.

On 7 May, 2020 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.

Earlier, Prime Minister Sanna Marin in December, 2021 started to work remotely from her official residence in Kesäranta as a precautionary measure following mild flu symptoms.