Appointment-free walk-in coronavirus vaccination days for children aged 5 to 11 and more vaccination appointments in the booking system
Coronavirus vaccinations for all children aged 5 to 11 will be arranged by appointment at Soite’s vaccination centrals, as well as on appointment free walk-in vaccination days.
Appointment-free walk-in days for vaccination of children aged 5 to 11 will be arranged at Soite’s children’s hospital (lastensairaala):
- Tuesday 18th of January 4 pm to 7 pm
- Saturday 22nd of January 10 am to 3 pm
Additional walk-in days will be arranged as needed and we will inform about these at Soite’s coronavirus website: https://korona.soite.fi/en/the-coronavirus-vaccines/
New appointments for coronavirus vaccinations of children aged 5 to 11 at Soite’s vaccination centrals are opened continually. In Kokkola, the vaccinations have already begun, and in the Lestijoki and Perhojoki areas, vaccinations of children are arranged as follows:
- Kannus (place: seurakuntakeskus (the parish centre) 29th of January and 5th of February
- Lestijärvi (place: the health station) 5th of February
- Veteli (place: Passeli) evening vaccinations on Wednesday evenings starting 26th of January
- Perho (place: the health station) evening vaccinations on Thursday evenings starting 27th of January
You have to book an appointment at the vaccination central online via Soite’s Omahoito service:
- Electronic booking online via the Omahoito service: https://soite.terveytesi.fi. The service is open 24/7.
Log on to the Omahoito service with your online bank user identifiers (or some other means of strong identification) in order to book an appointment for yourself or a person younger than 12.
All appointments are available via the online Omahoito service, but cannot be seen in the system until 15 days before the actual vaccination day. Days on which appointment times are available are marked with green in the web calendar.
A person who is under 18 years old may make a decision about the coronavirus vaccination if a health care professional assesses that the person due to his/her age and level of development is capable of making decisions on his/her own care. There is no age limit for a child’s right of self-determination. That is why the situation is assessed case by case. For most children aged 5 to 11, vaccination requires consent by the parents. Consent is given with this form (in Finnish).
Children aged 5 to 11 are vaccinated using BioNTech-Pfizer’s Comirnaty vaccine, with version of the product that uses a smaller dose and is especially intended for this age group.
