HS: Government will re-enact restaurant restrictions for acceleration phase regions

According to the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, restaurant restrictions will be introduced on Thursday in all regions where the epidemic has entered its acceleration phase.

So Thus, restaurants in regions that are in the acceleration phase can be open from five in the morning until one in the morning. The sale of alcoholic beverages is allowed until midnight.

Also, only part of the tables will be served in the interior restaurant premises. In catering restaurants the allowable occupancy will be 75 percent, in drinking establishments 50 percent.

According to THL, Uusimaa, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme and Varsinais-Suomi medical districts are in the acceleration phase. Data will be updated on Thursday.

Pirkanmaa and Kainuu made the decision to enter the acceleration phase on Tuesday.

The number of infections is growing again

453 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Finland. reported by the THL Department of Health and Social Development.

Most infections were recorded in the medical district of Helsinki and Uusimaa – 255. There are 56 patients in the hospital with coronavirus, which is three more than on Tuesday.

A total of 101,226 cases of coronavirus were diagnosed during the epidemic.