Finnish PM apologizes for not isolating herself after photos of her surfaced in a nightclub

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Helsinki, Finland (Reuters) – Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin apologized to the public on Wednesday after a photo of her surfaced in a nightclub after the Foreign Minister tested positive for COVID-19.

“I was wrong. I should have considered the situation more carefully,” Marin said in a television interview with public broadcaster Yle on Wednesday night.

Marin said she decided not to shorten her night on Saturday after being told she had been exposed to the coronavirus the day before, she wrote on Facebook Monday after a Finnish gossip magazine posted a photo of her in a crowded nightclub. .

Economic Affairs Minister Mika Lintila attended a floorball match between Finland and Latvia on Sunday despite being advised to avoid contact with others, the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen went to a dinner on Saturday, while Finance Minister Annika Saarikko and Science and Culture Minister Antti Kurvinen canceled their attendance at the same event to avoid contacts, reported Tuesday the Ilta-Sanomat evening newspaper.

The three ministers were exposed on Friday at a meeting attended by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday.

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Marin said he was in a restaurant when he received a phone call from his secretary of state informing him about the exposure.

“He said that the ministers would not be quarantined because they had all been vaccinated twice,” Marin wrote on Facebook, explaining why he was still socializing.

The Prime Minister’s Office later said it had sent exposed ministers two text messages on Saturday recommending that they avoid contact with other people.

Marin said she had left her official phone at home and instead relied on aides to reach her through her personal phone.

Since then, Marin has undergone two covid-19 tests that came back negative. Lintila and Kaikkonen also tested negative.

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