14.03.2020

One per­son has been diag­nosed with a coro­n­avirus infec­tion at Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia Cen­tral Hospital

One per­son has been diag­nosed with a coro­n­avirus infec­tion in the area of Cen­tral Ostro­both­nia Joint Munic­i­pal Author­i­ty for Social and Health Ser­vices Soite. The diag­no­sis was con­firmed on Fri­day the 13th of March 2020. The infec­tion was con­tract­ed in Sweden.

The patient is in iso­la­tion at home and is in good con­di­tion. Ten near con­tacts were exposed to the virus.

Soite con­tin­ues to inves­ti­gate the sit­u­a­tion togeth­er with the Finnish Insti­tute for Health and Wel­fare Thl.

Thl mon­i­tors the inter­na­tion­al sit­u­a­tion and has updat­ed infor­ma­tion on:

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases/what-s-new/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates

More infor­ma­tion about the disease:

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases/what-s-new/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates/coronavirus-covid-19

Fre­quent­ly asked ques­tions about covid-19:

https://thl.fi/en/web/infectious-diseases/what-s-new/coronavirus-covid-19-latest-updates/frequently-asked-questions-about-coronavirus-covid-19-