07.04.2021

The appoint­ment book­ing for coro­n­avirus vac­ci­na­tions is now open for all per­sons over the age of 65 and for 18–64-year-old per­sons who belong to risk group 2

Many appoint­ments for coro­n­avirus vac­ci­na­tions are still avail­able and more vac­cines are arriv­ing to Soite’s area. There­fore, we are expand­ing the tar­get group for vac­ci­na­tions. Coro­n­avirus vac­ci­na­tions are now offered to:

• all 18-64-year-old persons who belong to risk group 2
• all persons over the age of 65
• appointments are also given to the earlier target groups, i.e. persons over the age of 70 and for 18-69-year-old persons who belong to risk group 1

The appoint­ment book­ing has already been opened in the elec­tron­ic Oma­hoito ser­vice! Book­ing by phone opens Tues­day 13.4.2021 at 12 p.m. More vac­ci­na­tion appoint­ments are opened on Tues­day at 12 p.m. even in the elec­tron­ic appoint­ment book­ing. Vac­ci­na­tion appoint­ments are added to the elec­tron­ic appoint­ment book­ing even at oth­er times if appoint­ments are can­celled or if the num­ber of vac­cines sud­den­ly increas­es. The days that still have appoint­ments avail­able are marked with green colour in the web calendar.

Appoint­ment book­ing for a coro­n­avirus vac­ci­na­tions in Soite:

• The electronic booking is open in the Omahoito service:  https://soite.terveytesi.fi. More appointments are opened on Tuesday at 12 p.m. 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)
  PLEASE NOTE: If you are over 65 years old and have had a sinus thrombosis or a low platelet count, thrombocytopenia in connection with heparin treatment (HIT), please book your appointment by phone.

• Telephone booking on 06 828 7488 opens Tuesday 13th of April at 12 p.m. for all target groups that have a right to a vaccination.  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.

Please be pre­pared to prove that you belong to a risk group when you arrive at the vac­ci­na­tion site (e.g. by show­ing their Kela card or a copy of their epi­cri­sis or prescription).

Vac­cines

In Soite’s area, per­sons who belong to risk group 2 and are 18–64 years old will be vac­ci­nat­ed with mRNA vac­cines (Pfizer-BioNtech’s Comir­naty or Mod­er­na). Per­sons over the age of 65 are vac­ci­nat­ed with Astra Zeneca’s vac­cine in accor­dance with instruc­tions from The Finnish Insti­tute for Health and Wel­fare THL.

Please note! Excep­tions are per­sons over the age of 65 who have had a sinus throm­bo­sis or who have had a low platelet count in con­nec­tion with treat­ment with heparin (throm­bo­cy­tope­nia, HIT): these per­sons are vac­ci­nat­ed with mRNA vac­cines (Pfizer-BioNtech’s Comir­naty or Mod­er­na). If you have had such an ill­ness, please book your appoint­ment by phone.

Vac­ci­na­tions in occu­pa­tion­al health services

The occu­pa­tion­al health ser­vices in the area begin to vac­ci­nate the same tar­get groups week 15. The occu­pa­tion­al health ser­vices in the area will inform about their appoint­ment book­ings in their own channels.

More infor­ma­tion about risk group

Under­ly­ing con­di­tions in risk group 1 (more spe­cif­ic descrip­tions on the web­site of The Finnish Insti­tute for Health and Wel­fare THL)

• Organ transplant or stem cell transplant
• People undergoing active cancer treatment
• Severe disorders of the immune system
• Severe chronic renal disease
• Severe chronic pulmonary disease
• Type 2 diabetes with medication
• Down syndrome

Under­ly­ing con­di­tions in risk group 2 (more spe­cif­ic descrip­tions on the web­site of The Finnish Insti­tute for Health and Wel­fare THL)

• Asthma requiring continuous medication
• Severe heart disease e.g. heart failure (but not hypertension alone)
• Neurological illness or condition that affects breathing
• Immunosuppressive drug therapy for autoimmune disease
• Severe chronic liver disease
• Type 1 diabetes or adrenal insufficiency
• Sleep apnoea
• Psychosis
• Morbid obesity (body mass index more than 40)