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FINLAND – Easing out of lockdown

Here are some thoughts from a Finnish missionary working in the UK … The situation in Finland is very similar to many other countries around the world. Lockdown started in mid-March with the closing of borders and schools. So far Finland has had 306 deaths and 6500 cases, which is quite low considering the population […]

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FIJI – 18 cases and none since April

The following comes from a Fijian national working in the mission field:- “Fiji has gone past 33 days without a COVID-19 case. There are only 3 remaining patients which the health department is taking care of. All schools will remain closed until Fiji is cleared of COVID-19. Curfew is still in place from 10pm – […]

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FAEROES & FALKLANDS – Is remoteness a safety barrier?

To date, these two groups of islands – one a self-governing region of Denmark in the North Atlantic, the other a British Overseas Territory off the coast of South America – have been mercifully little affected by the challenge of COVID-19. The Faeroe Islands have had (at the time of writing) 187 recorded cases with […]

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