Growing Number of Countries Ending COVID-19 Rules

Finland becomes latest to announce ease of restrictions

People sit at Kaffesalonen (The Coffee Saloon) as COVID-19 restrictions ease, in central Copenhagen, Denmark, in a file photo. Tim Barsoe/Reuters

Finland Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced the country will be lifting all COVID-19 restrictions by mid-February, coming as several European countries have moved to ease pandemic rules in recent days.

Marin told reporters Monday that some COVID-19 controls would start to ease this week, starting on Feb. 1, including restrictions on restaurants and sports facilities, according to Finnish news website YLE.