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• 14.03.2022

  Cur­rent coro­n­avirus infor­ma­tion in Soite’s area on the 14th of March 2022 – the num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions is on an all-time high in Soite’s area

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus cas­es is still very high in Soite’s area. The need of hos­pi­tal care is also still great. Dur­ing last week (week 10), 1,069 new coro­n­avirus cas­es were con­firmed in Soite’s tests. This is the high­est num­ber that has been con­firmed by Soite in a week dur­ing the pan­dem­ic. Last week, 1,900 coro­n­avirus tests were tak­en. The share of pos­i­tive test results was 55%. Pos­i­tive results in home tests are not includ­ed in these num­bers, and the real num­ber is thus even high­er. The risk of infec­tion is cur­rent­ly very high in Soite’s area and that is why we con­tin­ue to remind of the impor­tance of safe­ty mea­sures asso­ci­at­ed with the coronavirus.

• 09.03.2022

  Soite begins vac­ci­na­tions with third coro­n­avirus vac­cine dose for 12–17-year-olds who belong to a risk group

  As per the Finnish Insti­tute for Health and Wel­fare’s rec­om­men­da­tion, Soite begins vac­ci­na­tions with a third coro­n­avirus vac­cine dose for 12–17-year-olds who belong to a risk group. The third dose can be giv­en to 12–­­­­17-year-olds who belong to a risk group, if at least 6 months have passed since the…

• 08.03.2022

  Soite begins using Novo­vax’ coro­n­avirus vac­cine Nuvax­ovid at Kokko­la vac­ci­na­tion central

  The coro­n­avirus vac­cine Nuvax­ovid is tak­en into use at Kokko­la vac­ci­na­tion cen­tral along­side oth­er coro­n­avirus vac­cines. It is pos­si­ble to get the Nuvax­ovid vac­cine on Wednes­day 16th of March by book­ing an appoint­ment to Kokko­la vac­ci­na­tion cen­tral. The Nuvax­ovid vac­cine is used for first and sec­ond vac­ci­na­tions for per­sons over the age of 18. The Nuvax­ovid vac­cine is suit­able for almost all adults. For exam­ple, hav­ing pre­vi­ous­ly had coro­n­avirus dis­ease is not a con­traindi­ca­tion for vaccination.

• 07.03.2022

  Cur­rent Coro­n­avirus Infor­ma­tion in Soite’s Area on the 7th of March 2022

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions has increased in the Soite area. Dur­ing last week (week 9), a total of 823 new coro­n­avirus infec­tions were con­firmed in Soite’s tests. Last week, 1,708 coro­n­avirus tests were tak­en. The share of pos­i­tive tests was 48%. Not all infec­tions come to the knowl­edge of Soite’s health care pro­fes­sion­als, as home test­ing is rec­om­mend­ed as the pri­ma­ry test­ing method. Fif­teen COVID-19 pos­i­tive patients are cur­rent­ly being treat­ed at Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia cen­tral hos­pi­tal. There are cur­rent­ly no coro­n­avirus patients in inten­sive care. 

• 28.02.2022

  Cur­rent Coro­n­avirus Infor­ma­tion in Soite’s Area on Feb­ru­ary 28th 2022

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions remains high in Soite’s area and has increased some­what. Dur­ing last week (week 8), 788 new coro­n­avirus cas­es were con­firmed in Soite’s tests. Last week, 1,749 coro­n­avirus tests were tak­en. The share of pos­i­tive test results was 44.5%. All infec­tions do not come to the knowl­edge of Soite’s health care pro­fes­sion­als, as home test­ing is rec­om­mend­ed as the pri­ma­ry test­ing method. Eight patients with COVID-19 are cur­rent­ly being treat­ed at Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia Cen­tral Hos­pi­tal. No patients with COVID-19 are cur­rent­ly treat­ed in inten­sive care. 

• 21.02.2022

  Cur­rent Coro­n­avirus Infor­ma­tion in Soite’s Area on Feb­ru­ary 21st 2022

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions in still high in Soite’s area. Dur­ing last week (week 7), a total of 650 new coro­n­avirus infec­tions were con­firmed in the Soite area. Five patients with COVID-19 are treat­ed at the Cen­tral Ostro­both­n­ian Cen­tral Hos­pi­tal. It is espe­cial­ly impor­tant to take the coro­n­avirus vac­cine as the quick­ly spread­ing omi­cron vari­ant is present in the area

• 16.02.2022

  Appoint­ment-free walk-in coro­n­avirus vac­ci­na­tion after­noon for chil­dren aged 5 to 11 — vac­ci­na­tion appoint­ments avail­able also with appoint­ment booking

  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. The next appoint­ment-free walk-in after­noon for vac­ci­na­tions of chil­dren aged 5 to 11 will be arranged at Soite’s children’s hos­pi­tal (las­ten­sairaala) Tues­day 8th of March 4 pm to 7 pm. We give first dos­es as well as boost­er dos­es both dur­ing the walk-in after­noon and dur­ing pre-booked appoint­ments. The sec­ond dose can be giv­en when at least six weeks have passed since the first vaccination.

• 14.02.2022

  Cur­rent Coro­n­avirus Infor­ma­tion in Soite’s Area on Feb­ru­ary 14th 2022

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions is still high in Soite’s area, but it has not increased sig­nif­i­cant­ly. Dur­ing last week (week 6), a total of 594 new coro­n­avirus infec­tions were con­firmed in Soite’s tests. Last week, cir­ca 1,600 coro­n­avirus tests were tak­en. The share of pos­i­tive tests was 38%. Not all infec­tions come to the knowl­edge of Soite’s health care pro­fes­sion­al, as home test­ing is rec­om­mend­ed as the pri­ma­ry test­ing method. Sev­en COVID-19 pos­i­tive patients are cur­rent­ly being treat­ed at Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia cen­tral hospital.

• 07.02.2022

  Cur­rent Coro­n­avirus Infor­ma­tion in Soite’s Area on the 7th of Feb­ru­ary 2022

  The num­ber of coro­n­avirus infec­tions has remained on the same lev­el for a cou­ple of weeks in the Soite area. The num­ber of infec­tions is still high, but it has not increased sig­nif­i­cant­ly. Dur­ing last week (week 5), a total of 614 new coro­n­avirus infec­tions were con­firmed in the Soite area. Last week, cir­ca 1,656 coro­n­avirus tests were tak­en. Home test­ing is rec­om­mend­ed as the pri­ma­ry method for con­firm­ing a coro­n­avirus infec­tion, and for this rea­son, the num­ber of coro­n­avirus tests tak­en in Soite last week was low­er than before. The share of pos­i­tive tests was 37 %. Four COVID-19 pos­i­tive patients are cur­rent­ly being treat­ed at Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia cen­tral hospital. 

• 02.02.2022

  Iso­la­tion and Quar­an­tine Prac­tices for Per­sons Who are Infect­ed with or Have Been Exposed to COVID-19 Will Change in Soite

  The coro­n­avirus infec­tions are increas­ing quick­ly in Soite’s area, and the cur­rent iso­la­tion and quar­an­tine prac­tices are no longer suf­fi­cient to con­trol the spread of the epi­dem­ic. Sim­i­lar­ly to oth­er hos­pi­tal dis­tricts, Soite’s area will, as of 3rd of Feb­ru­ary 2022, no longer issue iso­la­tion orders to an exten­sive degree.