The Finnish government plans to resume railway communication with Russia for the European Football Championship. It is reported by RIA-News.
It is noted that trains from Helsinki to St. Petersburg can be launched to the dates of the European Football Championship in June 2021. The government will decide on the resumption of communication on Wednesday, May 12.
Nevertheless, only permitted categories of citizens will be allowed to travel. At the moment, due to the coronavirus pandemic, moving tourists between the two countries is limited to both Russia and Finland.
earlier in May reported on the identification of 11 cases of COVID-19 among the crew members of Valencia Express, who arrived from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. The infected were isolated, and those with whom they were in contact, placed on a quarantine on a ship.