“I acted wrongly. I should have considered the situation better,” Marin said in a television interview with public broadcaster Yle on Wednesday evening.
Marin said she decided not to cut her Saturday night out after being told she had been exposed to the coronavirus the day before, she wrote on Facebook on Monday after a Finnish tabloid published a photo of her in a crowded nightclub.
Economy Minister Mika Lintila attended a floorball match between Finland and Latvia on Sunday, despite being advised to avoid contact with others, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen attended a dinner on Saturday, while Finance Minister Annika Saarikko and Science and Culture Minister Antti Kurvinen canceled their participation in the same event to avoid contacts, evening newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reported Tuesday.
All three ministers were exposed on Friday at a meeting attended by Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
Marin said she was at a restaurant when she got a call from her secretary of state to inform her about the exposure.
“He said ministers would not be quarantined because they have all been vaccinated twice,” Marin wrote on Facebook, explaining why she continued to socialize.
The prime minister’s office later said it sent exposed ministers two text messages on Saturday advising them to avoid contact with other people.
Marin said she left her official phone at home and instead relied on assistants reaching her on her personal phone.
Marin has since taken two Covid-19 tests that were negative. Lintila and Kaikkonen also tested negative.