'No evidence' reopening of Finland schools has spread virus faster

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Finland has seen no evidence of the coronavirus spreading faster since schools started to reopen in the middle of May, the top health official has said.

“The time has been short, but so far we have seen no evidence,” Mika Salminen, director of health security at the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare was quoted as saying by Reuters.

Finland started to reopen schools and daycare centres from May 14 following an almost two-month shutdown.

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