The appointment booking for coronavirus vaccinations opens again on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 at 12 p.m.
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has decided that coronavirus vaccinations with AstraZeneca’s vaccine can continue for persons who are over 65 years old starting Monday 29th March (THL’s text in Finnish). In Soite’s area, this means that appointment booking for coronavirus vaccinations opens on Tuesday 6th of April 2021 for all persons over the age of 70 and for 65–69-year-old persons who belong to risk group 1. Vaccinations of persons aged 18 to 64 years who belong to risk group 1 are on hold.
In Soite’s area, persons who belong to risk group 1 and are 65–69 years old will be vaccinated with AstraZeneca’s vaccine. mRNA vaccines (Pfizer-BioNtech’s Comirnaty and Moderna) will mainly be given to persons over the age of 70. Persons over the age of 70 may also be offered AstraZeneca’s vaccine if there are doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine left after the vaccinations of risk group 1.
In accordance with the recommendations from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Soite prioritizes the elderly when it comes to coronavirus vaccinations. Thus, telephone appointment booking is organized so that appointments for coronavirus vaccinations are given only to those over 70 years of age during the first hour.
Please be aware that the nurses in the appointment booking cannot influence the vaccination order. Therefore, please remember polite manners on the phone.
On Tuesday 6th of April 2021, 2500 vaccines will be available in the appointment booking. Approximately 3000 persons have the right to vaccination at this stage.
The appointment booking for coronavirus vaccinations opens again on Tuesday the 6th of April 2021 as follows:
- telephone booking on 06 828 7488:
- between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m., appointments will be given only to persons older than 70
- from 1 p.m., vaccination appointments are given to anyone over the age of 70 as well as 65-69-year-old persons who belong to risk group 1.
- The telephone line is open as long as appointments are available. The line will be cut when the number of available appointments runs out. At other times, those who call will hear a message on the phone. An appointment can be booked by phone on behalf of an elderly person.
- electronic appointment booking in the Omahoito service on the address: https://soite.terveytesi.fi will open for all groups currently eligible for vaccination on Tuesday 12 o’clock.
- You can check the available vaccination appointments at any time in the electronic booking system. The Omahoito 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. You can book an appointment for another person if you have made an agreement regarding this. Read more: https://www.soite.fi/toisen_puolesta_asiointi (in Finnish)
The electronic appointment booking is easily overburdened immediately after the appointment booking opens, so there may be problems in the function of the Omahoito service. The service functions as normal when the number of visitors decreases, so when the system is overloaded, it is best to wait a moment and then reattempt using the electronic appointment booking.
If an informal caregiver or husband/wife who lives in the same household is vaccinated at the same time, the appointment should be booked by phone for both persons.
Persons who belong to risk groups should be prepared to prove that they belong to a risk group when they arrive at the vaccination site (e.g. by showing their Kela card or a copy of their epicrisis or prescription).
You can follow how the vaccination progresses in the area with the help of Soite’s corona vaccination indicator, which is updated on Monday afternoons.
Safety measures against the coronavirus should be remembered even after vaccination!
We want to stress that even if you have been vaccinated, you should still use a protective face mask in accordance with recommendations, maintain a safety distance of 2 meters to other people and to follow coronavirus related hygiene recommendations.