79,094 lab-confirmed infections as of Saturday 3.4 (up by 422 since Friday)
846 deaths attributed to coronavirus as of Thursday 1.4 (up by 2 since Wednesday)
264 people in hospital, 52 of them in intensive care as of Thursday 1.4
971,827 people (17.5% of the population) had received at least one vaccination dose as of Saturday 3.4
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3.4 16:51 Speaker condemns MP s threatening mask mandate tweet
Speaker of Parliament
Anu Vehviläinen (Cen) has condemned a threatening tweet sent by MP
Ano Turtiainen and said she intends to bring the matter before Parliament when MPs return from the Easter holiday.
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Coronavirus latest: 779 new cases on Wednesday, VR to require masks, doubts raised about curfews
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Veteran Social Democratic Party MP
Tarja Filatov has been elected as first Deputy Speaker of Parliament. Filatov, from the Häme constituency, has previously served as the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament between 2010 and 2011. She has been a member of parliament since 1995, making her one of the longest-serving female MPs.
Filatov will replace ex-premier and former SDP party leader
Antti Rinne, who was elected as chair of Parliament’s Constitutional Law Committee on Wednesday. Rinne is stepping into the role after
Johanna Ojala-Niemelärevealed last week she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Ojala-Niemelä has been on sick leave since 14 December but she hopes to return to work before the spring.