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by pimeys 2269 days ago
In Finland the whole capital area has been isolated from last Friday. People over 60 are not allowed to go out. People are expected to stay home and from the pictures the busier central Helsinki has been dead quiet for over a week now.

Nine dead until now, but we'll see...
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sampo 2269 days ago
> In Finland the whole capital area has been isolated from last Friday.

People can still cross the province border for a variety of reasons, for example for their daily commute.

> People over 60 are not allowed to go out.

The government told vulnerable people to stay home, but nobody is monitoring or enforcing this. If a certain 60 year old wants to go out and hang out at the mall for the whole day, they can without anyone stopping them.

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pimeys 2269 days ago
People in Finland seem in general follow the rules quite nicely. I heard there was a rumor of free buckets in Herttoniemi shopping mall that caused quite a rush of people, but what my mom and friends say it's super quiet now.

Comparing to Spain where I've been the past month. At least Murcia is still quite quiet, but I'm afraid the horrors of Madrid might come down here sooner than later... :(

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vimslayer 2269 days ago
They were supposed to give out free buckets in the opening of a new shopping mall, but that was canceled due to the virus situation. According to Iltalehti, the opening had about as much people coming in as any other store that day.
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