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'No evidence' reopening of Finland schools has spread virus faster

FILE PHOTO: Press conference after the Government of Finland announced new measures against the growing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Helsinki

(Reuters) - Finland has seen no evidence of the coronavirus spreading faster since schools started to reopen in the middle of May, the top health official said on Thursday.

"The time has been short, but so far we have seen no evidence," Mika Salminen, director of health security at the Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare, told a news conference.

Finland started to reopen schools and daycare centres from May 14 following an almost two-month shutdown.

(Reporting by Tarmo Virki; Editing by Nick Macfie)