The government has declared State of Emergency due to the coronavirus. It has shut schools and release heavy prohibitions on Tuesday 16.3.2020.
The government defined critical personnel yesterday 18.3.2020 at 16:00.
The government revised their earlier decision about whose children are able to attend school for contact lessons. On Thursday, March 20 that children who are from grades 1-3 can go to school and eat lunch in school starting on Monday, March 23 from 9:00 to 13:00. However, the government recommends families that are able to take care of their children at home will stay at home and adopt distance learning together with the school.
If you need further assistance we have gathered a list of Contact helplines for coronavirus.
We are publishing the release made by the government word for word.
Government and state leadership
Employees of the Office of the President of the Republic, Parliament and the Government (ministries)
Employees of the Office of the Chancellor of Justice and the Office of the Parliamentary Ombudsman
Preparedness officers in the administrative branches
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Finance
Safeguarding the financial system; ensuring the financial and operational stability of financial market operators (banks, investment firms, infrastructure, etc.), continuity of the provision of financial market services essential to society, and continuity of central government debt management, asset management and guarantee activities
Acquisition and allocation of financial resources; Government transactions, including the processing of non-remunerated expenditures (e.g. municipal government subsidies), payment of wages and benefits, payment of citizens’ continuing primary compensations and allowances (statutory insurance pensions, life annuities and assistance pensions)
Employees responsible for tax administration, tax collection and rendering of accounts
Ensuring the safety of supply chains and goods; operational duties of Customs
Provision of state, municipal and intermunicipal ICT services related to securing the vital functions of society, including commercial ICT subcontractors that support the provision of these services.
Securing human resources; securing the operational capacity of the Office for the Government as Employer and municipal labour market institutions, securing decision-making related to the use of human resources in the public sector
Local government duties that safeguard residents’ wellbeing and basic services
Duties of central and local government authorities that are essential for the exercise of public authority, the wellbeing of the public and the functioning of society
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Justice
Prison services and institutional staff of the Criminal Sanctions Agency
Essential functions of the autonomous region of Åland
Administrative branch of the Ministry of the Interior
Employees of the Border Guard
Employees of the National Police Board, police departments and national police units
Employees of the Emergency Response Centre Agency
Employees of the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service
Employees of the Finnish Immigration Service, reception centres and detention units
Rescue services: rescue service and preparedness personnel of Regional State Administrative Agencies, rescue services employees (including emergency medical services and first response personnel), on-call employees of contract fire brigades (including first response personnel)
Employees of the Crisis Management Centre
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Defence
Employees of the Defence Forces, at least as concerns the following tasks:
Preparedness
Supervision and safeguarding of territorial integrity
Executive assistance
Mobilisation
Training
Security and guard duties
In addition, the availability of employees required for general management and proactive decision-making as well as situational awareness and situation assessment must be ensured (applies to all above-mentioned sectors/responsibilities).
Maintenance and servicing, including services provided by subcontractors
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Education and Culture
Employees in early childhood education and care
Teaching staff more broadly at all levels of education
Employees of cultural memory organisations (partly)
For the sake of psychological resilience to crises, church and parish employees (partly)
Youth workers
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Food supply personnel, including primary production, food industry and distribution
Trade, trade logistics centres and transport, Food Service wholesale and institutional kitchens
Tasks related to safeguarding the water supply, including water supply and sewerage facilities, water treatment chemical production and logistics
Flood risk management and supervision of dam safety
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Administrative branch of the Ministry of Transport and Communications
Finnish Transport Safety Agency Traficom, including driver's exams and customer service for professional qualifications, Ajovarma Oy
Transport Infrastructure Agency
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Employees responsible for transport in centres for economic development, transport and the environment (ELY centres):
- Maintenance contractors (national and municipal road, rail and maritime routes)
- ELY centre transport preparedness duties
- Finferries archipelago transport
TMF (Traffic Management Finland) Group
Finnish Broadcasting Company and main commercial media:
-Operational employees and journalists
Employees essential for the operation of public transport:
- All bus, tram and metro drivers
- Helsinki Region Transport traffic contro
- Security personnel (security guards and stewards)
Employees essential for the operation of goods transport:
-Transport of food, fuel and raw materials
- all lorry drivers/all transport companies/Finnish Transport and Logistics SKAL members and others
- lorry mechanics
-terminal employees
Distribution transport and postal services:
- Operational employees of distribution operators
- Operational employees of Posti Group
Safeguarding the operations of the traffic control company (including ANS/air navigation services, VTS/maritime traffic, rail/road traffic)
Shipping companies and maritime transport (incl. icebreaking and Arctia Oy)
- pilotage, vessel crews, port operator employees, i.e. port workers discharging/loading vessels, certain port service providers such as vessel mooring services and port administration, and archipelago traffic operators
Aviation:
- employees involved in the provision of air navigation/air traffic services, such as air traffic controllers, air traffic information service, aviation weather service employees, air navigation technical employees, flight communications personnel
- flight operator pilots, cabin crew, technical personnel, flight planning personnel, ground handling company personnel
- airport security employees and security control room
- airport maintenance employees, emergency service personnel, communications and technology personnel
Rail traffic:
Traffic control, personnel responsible for unit transport including drivers and shunting supervisors; employees responsible for the maintenance of safety equipment, electrical railways and infrastructure; electrical railway controller, conductor.
Telecommunications services
- Operational employees of telecommunications operators, internet service providers, telecommunications contractors, ICT service providers and data security companies.
- Rating and assessment bodies
- Vehicle inspection
- Other essential and vital functions of society that affect people’s mobility and communication
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Electricity, heating and fuel supply, including transfer and distribution
Nuclear and radiation safety
Enterprise financing
Pay administration
Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE-Offices), Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres) (procurement, management of TE services, business services), Development and Administration Centre (KEHA Centre) (human resources, digital services, payments), TE Customer Service Centre (telephone services).
Duties of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority related to merger control
Permit supervision of sites that pose a risk of major accidents under the responsibility of the Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency (Tukes) (e.g. chemical plants, mines)
Registration duties of the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
National Emergency Supply Agency, pool secretaries and similar employees of the emergency supply organisation
Functions critical to security of supply, e.g. logistics; chemical, oil, plastic and packaging industries; pharmaceutical supply; food and energy supply; forestry, technology and construction industries
Duties related to the supervision, maintenance and servicing of systems critical to the functioning of society
Employees of the Finnish Immigration Service
Immigrant services and general advisory services in municipalities
Support functions necessary to ensure the operation of the above-mentioned duties and functions.
Administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Healthcare and social welfare employees, including research
Finnish Medicines Agency (Fimea)
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
Management of the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) and guidance and supervision of critical functions
National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) management, communicable disease expertise and support functions, laboratory
State services provided by THL (forensic medicine, prison mental hospitals, state reform schools, state mental hospitals)
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health expertise related to communicable diseases and their health and occupational safety impacts
Shelter services
Social Security Appeal Board and other insurance appeal boards
Personal assistants for persons with disabilities
Round-the-clock helpline service for victims of violence (Nollalinja)
Management of Regional State Administrative Agencies’ basic rights and legal protection functions and occupational health and safety functions; guidance and supervision of critical functions
Pharmaceutical supply, including pharmaceutical supply operators and related logistics chains
Environmental healthcare employees
Kela and benefit functions of unemployment funds, other implementers of social security
Cleaning and sanitation services
Finnish Red Cross blood services and logistics
Administrative branch of the Ministry of the Environment
Waste management
Operation and waste management of municipal waste water treatment plants
Environmental permit supervision: preparedness for damage
Employees maintaining the operation of environmental data registers
On-call employees of the Finnish Environment Institute
Administrative branch of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Consular services
Securing the conditions for foreign trade
Export control and export authorisation procedures
EU trade policy
Security policy, Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy
Support services
Essential information management services enabling critical functions and distance work in all sectors
Burial services
Source: Valtioneuvoston Kanslia
Attention: Post updated on March 23, 2020, because it covered old information and the government issued another statement: These are people allowed to take their children to daycare and school (grades 1-3).