{"id":120934,"date":"2021-05-02T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=120934"},"modified":"2021-05-02T09:06:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T01:06:49","slug":"covid-19-hundreds-protest-virus-measures-in-finland-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=120934","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Hundreds protest virus measures in Finland, Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iyy.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/iyy.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HELSINKI, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Crowds gathered in the capitals of<br>Finland and Sweden on Saturday as hundreds marched in protest over<br>their governments\u2019 measures to limit the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A protest in Helsinki that drew around 300 participants resulted in<br>about 50 arrests, Finnish police tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organisers of the event in the centre of the capital announced<br>there would be only six participants, the current limit on public<br>gatherings due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested for failing to obey police orders were fined, and<br>the crowd was otherwise dispersed by police without major incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finland has one of Europe\u2019s lowest infection rates, though a rise<br>in cases in mid-February led to new restrictions, such as restaurant<br>closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Stockholm between 500 and 600 people marched with banners<br>demanding \u201cfreedom and truth\u201d, in an event that lasted more than two<br>hours despite police attempts to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike other European countries, Sweden opted for months not to<br>impose strict measures on its population at the start of the pandemic,<br>issuing guidance in the form of recommendations instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November, however, facing a significant second wave of<br>infections, Sweden capped public gatherings at eight participants and<br>forced cafes, bars and restaurants to close at 8:30 p.m. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HELSINKI, May 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Crowds gathered in the capitals ofFinland and Sweden on Saturday as hundreds marched in protest overtheir governments\u2019 measures to limit the spread of Covid-19. A protest in Helsinki that drew around 300 participants resulted inabout 50 arrests, Finnish police tweeted. Organisers of the event in the centre of the capital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":120936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120934"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/120936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}