17.12.2020

Infor­ma­tion on the coro­n­avirus sit­u­a­tion in Soite on the 17th of Decem­ber 2020

Soite’s coro­n­avirus task group has a meet­ing on Mon­days, Thurs­days and when need­ed and it updates the sit­u­a­tion­al pic­ture. The pre­pared­ness is in accor­dance with plan.

No new coro­n­avirus cas­es have been con­firmed in Soite’s area. The lat­est coro­n­avirus infec­tion was con­firmed in Soite’s area on the 14th of Decem­ber 2020. No patients with COVID-19 are treat­ed at the moment at the Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia Cen­tral Hospital.

The Region­al State Admin­is­tra­tive Agency has put in place new reg­u­la­tions about gath­er­ing restric­tions in Cen­tral Ostrobothnia:

“The Region­al State Admin­is­tra­tive Agency for West­ern and Inland Fin­land restricts the num­ber of per­sons tak­ing part in pub­lic events and pub­lic gath­er­ings to ten per­sons for the peri­od 22nd of Decem­ber 2020 through 17th of Jan­u­ary 2021 in the hos­pi­tal dis­tricts of Pirkan­maa, South­ern Ostro­both­nia, Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia and Vaasa.” Read more in the press release by the Region­al State Admin­is­tra­tive Agency (in Finnish).

Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia is still in the accel­er­a­tion stage when it comes to the coro­n­avirus epi­dem­ic. The cur­rent reg­u­la­tions and rec­om­men­da­tions are on Soite’s coro­n­avirus website.

Infor­ma­tion on coro­n­avirus vac­cines has now been added to Soite’s coro­n­avirus web­site. On the page, you will find use­ful links to infor­ma­tion about the vac­cines and to fre­quent­ly asked questions.

Soite is prepar­ing for the Christ­mas peri­od through per­son­nel arrange­ments, in order to ensure the care of the cit­i­zens in the area and the patient safe­ty if the coro­n­avirus epi­dem­ic wors­ens in the area.

The coro­n­avirus task group wish­es to remind of the rec­om­men­da­tion on par­ties dur­ing the Christ­mas period:

• The recommendation is that parties are held remotely, that recommendations on masks are followed and that necessary precautions are taken.
• It is recommended that the recommendation by The Finnish institute for health and welfare THL on parties during Christmas time is followed. According to the recommendation, we should not completely bypass social interaction, but should instead come up with safe alternatives to arrange parties.
• If one wishes to gather, it is recommended that the group consists of under ten persons and that people possibly participate remotely. Christmas meals can also be arranged in new ways. The Tax Administration has published its own bulletin about this for employers.