Domestic papers On Monday, the ways in which the lives of residents of Helsinki and neighboring Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa will change from December to mid-December will be studied, as officials try to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
There are a maximum of 20 people indoors – a rule for sporting and cultural events. Cities have also imposed a moratorium on adult indoor sports played on city premises. While officials are not required, they also recommend that private gyms follow the same rules. According to officials, private meetings may not have more than 10 people. City pools have halved the number of regular users and libraries have reduced reading room utilization.
High school and vocational students will switch to distance and contact teaching in the coming weeks, while class members will wear the face masks that schools need when needed. Cities also want early childhood education staff to cover their noses and mouths, as its mask recommendation extends to all Finnish workplaces in both the public and private sectors.
Child-friendly practices?
Helsingin sanomat newspaper On Monday, it is proposed that the capitalโs day care providers will not have enough funds to care for more one-year-olds if the city cuts a monthly allowance for parents of young children.
There were 448 short teachers in the cityโs public day care facilities in October – meaning that one in five was missing. However, this figure is an improvement years ago, when there were a few 640 early childhood educators in the city.
Earlier this month, Helsinki city councilors said they wanted to stop paying "Helsinki add-on" Kela’s home care allowance for parents who take care of children under the age of three at home. Helsinki currently pays parents 264 euros per month for a child under 18 months of age and 218 months for infants aged 18โ24 months.
Finnish Amazon
Finnish retailers are waiting for the possible arrival of a Finnish-language Amazon store after the online giant started a Swedish store last month, says Business Daily Kauppalehti.
Jaana KurjenojaThe trade union’s chief economist told KL that the Finnish retail sector was increasingly under pressure from international price competition.
However, he predicted that the Finnish store was still years away, as the company would most likely see if Finnish consumers use the Swedish store. Kurjenoja also pointed out that Amazon has not yet recruited Finnish-language experts, suggesting that the Finnish version of Behemoth will not be a reality soon.
Source: The Nordic Page