In Europe, the countries with low virus levels are already clearly distinguished

We monitor the situation of the viral pandemic on different continents on a daily basis by country.

On 23 June, the Finnish government announced that it would take new decisions on opening the borders on Friday 10 July. At the time, it was reported that the opening of borders on 13.7. from specific countries based on the disease situation in each country.   The criteria for opening is the number of new coronavirus infections, which must be less than 8 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in a two-week period. However, disease situations change in all European countries on a daily basis, so countries can be added to or removed from a previously published list.

Today we are focusing on EUROPE. Update 6.7.2020.

It has now been 14 days since we have maintained statistics since 22.6. We look at the 14-day average, older figures
drop out of bills every time new figures are released. Thus, in a few days, the score of some countries may bounce
higher or drop lower depending on the number of new cases. In comparison, we have also kept the limit set by the EU:
14 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. 

If the Finnish government made a decision today, the citizens of the following countries would definitely be able to enter
Finland without special border formalities or voluntary 14-day quarantine. The list also includes those countries (6) to
which the Finnish government has previously granted tourist border crossing status.

YES: Andorra, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta,
Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, San Marino, Slovakia, and Vatican City.
MAYBE: The following countries would qualify according to EU criteria, but not according to the criteria set by the
Finnish government. In these countries, positive changes over the next week would also allow them to be added to the
list of approved ones. Those countries are: Austria, Belgium, France, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland.
NO: In the following countries, the daily rates of viral infections are either much or really much above the limit values.
We suspect that over the next 7 days, there will be large jumps in averages to decrease volumes. Those countries are:
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro,North
Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Ukraine and United Kingdom. Perhaps closest to the ”Maybe
Group” are Croatia and Czech Republic.  

Sometimes there can be a single cluster of disease in a country that causes an increase in statistics. The monitoring also shows how the country has been able to keep the infection rates reasonable in the long run. There have also been discussions about allowing a particular region of a state to be accepted on the “yes” list.

In this context, it is also good to take into account the number of tests in different countries in the comparison. There are rather low quantities in Europe, e.g. in many Balkan countries, France and Ukraine. In our statistics, the number of tests in these countries is less than 3% of the population.

Average
 
 last 14 days/
last 14 days /
Covid
Covid Test
Percentage

since 22.6
 
day avg max 14
day avg max 8
Tests
 /Population
Population

67
Albania
28,8
16,4
24601
2460100
0,85

0
Andorra
0,8
0,4
3750
375000
4,85

67
Austria
90,1
51,5
647804
64780400
7,19

361
Belarus
94,5
54,0
1068029
106802900
11,30

97
Belgium
115,9
66,2
1284605
128460500
11,08

109
Bosnia & Herzegovina
32,8
18,7
97736
9773600
2,98

119
Bulgaria
69,5
39,7
153576
15357600
2,21

60
Croatia
41,0
23,5
84166
8416600
2,05

138
Czech Republic
107,1
61,2
571662
57166200
5,34

32
Denmark
57,9
33,1
1106377
110637700
19,10

1
Estonia
13,3
7,6
109089
10908900
8,22

8
Finland
55,4
31,7
251600
25160000
4,54

470
France
652,8
373,0
1384633
138463300
2,12

427
Germany
837,9
478,8
5873563
587356300
7,01

18
Greece
104,2
59,6
337154
33715400
3,23

6
Hungary
96,6
55,2
286083
28608300
2,96

3
Iceland
3,4
2,0
87860
8786000
25,74

11
Ireland
49,4
28,2
454216
45421600
9,20

195
Italy
604,6
345,5
5638288
563828800
9,33

1
Latvia
18,9
10,8
158518
15851800
8,41

0
Liechtenstein
0,4
0,2
900
90000
2,36

3
Lithuania
27,2
15,6
440453
44045300
16,18

29
Luxembourg
6,3
3,6
224953
22495300
35,93

1
Malta
4,4
2,5
101937
10193700
23,09

258
Moldova
40,3
23,1
101180
10118000
2,51

1
Monaco
0,4
0,2
16200
1620000
41,28

30
Montenegro
6,3
3,6
13820
1382000
2,20

63
Netherlands
171,4
97,9
616376
61637600
3,60

139
North Macedonia
20,8
11,9
66133
6613300
3,17

13
Norway
54,2
31,0
348208
34820800
6,42

287
Poland
378,5
216,3
1639370
163937000
4,33

340
Portugal
102,0
58,3
1205593
120559300
11,82

352
Romania
192,4
109,9
766868
76686800
3,99

6898
Russia
1459,5
834,0
21335394
2133539400
14,62

0
San Marino
0,3
0,2
5729
572900
16,88

231
Serbia
87,4
49,9
439445
43944500
5,03

13
Slovakia
54,6
31,2
218346
21834600
4,00

13
Slovenia
20,8
11,9
105652
10565200
5,08

305
Spain
467,6
267,2
5448984
544898400
11,65

300
Sweden
101,0
57,7
519113
51911300
5,14

70
Switzerland
86,6
49,5
624396
62439600
7,21

853
Ukraine
437,3
249,9
722513
72251300
1,65

813
United Kingdom
678,9
387,9
10505758
1050575800
15,47

0
Vatican City
0,0
0,0
0
0
0,00

It is expected that the Finnish government will review the situation at the end of July.

Sources: Worldometer, WHO and ToolBox Consulting Ltd.