The Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, has apologized this Wednesday for having gone to a disco knowing it was close contact positive for COVID-19, amid a wave of criticism for his behavior.
“I apologize”, Marin told the press, in an appearance in which she herself recognized I should have thought better of “and don’t go”, according to the Finnish newspaper ‘Helsingin Sanomat’.
Marin went to a disco in Helsinki on Saturday night, after being notified of the positive in coronavirus of the secretary of state, Henrik Haapajarvi. According to the ‘premier’, Haapajarvi had told him on Saturday that “there was no need” to take “special measures”. However, hours later, the Government Security Department ordered the ministers to avoid all contact, a message that did not reach Marin, who had left his official mobile phone at home.
The general directives of the Executive, updated on November 26, instruct the ministers and other government personnel to avoid contact immediately after exposure to a positive. Marin has argued that she has not personally received such instruction, but has acknowledged that “should have been aware“. “I personally I assume the responsibility of not having any information about it, “he added.
After the controversy, the Finnish Government has indicated that from now on ministers “will receive more detailed guidelines“.” The procedure for distributing instructions will be improved and a message alert system will be developed, “he said in a statement.
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