Helsinki - Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin was set to work
remotely from Thursday after an employee at her official residence
was discovered to have been in contact with someone infected with the
novel coronavirus, the government said.
The move was "a precautionary measure," the prime minister's
office said.
Neither Marin nor the employee have any symptoms, but Marin was being
tested for the virus.
The employee was in quarantine, but has not been in contact with
the prime minister, Marin's family or the prime minister's closest
advisors.
The government said "the possibility of exposure is extremely low"
and that Marin was to work as normal using video conferencing and
other technical solutions.
Later Thursday, she was for instance to take part in the European
Council summit via video conference.
Finland had by Thursday recorded almost 4,300 cases of the novel
coronavirus and 155 Covid-19 fatalities.
dpa
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