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Finnish managers well-prepared for lockdown as government follows lead of other Nordic countries

Asset managment duo Evli and FIM maintain that their managers can just as easily work from home, while the CEO of Varma is worried about president Trump's announcement.
Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin hold a press conference about the situation about the coronavirus COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, in Helsinki, Finland. - Sweden on March 11, 2020 reported its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials said, the first person in the Nordic region to die from the outbreak sweeping the globe. Initially, most of the people infected with the virus in the five Nordic countries - - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - - were infected during recent ski holidays in Italy and Austria | Photo: MARKKU ULANDER/AFP / Lehtikuva
Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin hold a press conference about the situation about the coronavirus COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, in Helsinki, Finland. - Sweden on March 11, 2020 reported its first death from the new coronavirus, health officials said, the first person in the Nordic region to die from the outbreak sweeping the globe. Initially, most of the people infected with the virus in the five Nordic countries - - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - - were infected during recent ski holidays in Italy and Austria | Photo: MARKKU ULANDER/AFP / Lehtikuva
by REETA ILONA PAAKKINEN

The Finnish government has now followed a similar strategy to its neighboring countries, calling to cancel all public events exceeding 500 participants until the end of May and has recommending that people work from home.

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