By My Broadband
Bars and restaurants in Finland refusing to use Covid certificates will no longer serve booze after 5 p.m. in the latest attempt by the government to curtail the spread of the coronavirus.
With winter coming, days in the northernmost tip of the European Union are becoming as short as six hours and intensive-care units in the country’s hospitals are filling up.
One way to try and contain the pandemic is to control behavior.
The government is telling restaurants and drinking establishments to close no later than 6 p.m. local time in Helsinki, unless they require patrons to provide a so-called Covid passport proving double vaccination, a recent negative test or recovery.
Cafes and fast-food joints can stay open, according to the proposal that could be firmed up as soon as Thursday…
