31.03.2021

Soite’s area remains at the coro­n­avirus base lev­el – three new cases

Cen­tral Ostrobothnia’s region­al COVID-19 author­i­ty task group gath­ered on Wednes­day 31st of March 2021 to eval­u­ate the region­al sit­u­a­tion­al pic­ture as well as the region­al rec­om­men­da­tions. Soite’s area remains at the coro­n­avirus base lev­el. The cur­rent region­al coro­n­avirus rec­om­men­da­tions remain in effect until 18th of April 2021. Three new cas­es of coro­n­avirus infec­tion have been con­firmed in Soite’s area.

Last week (week 12) a total of 3 new coro­n­avirus infec­tions were con­firmed in Soite’s area. 4 peo­ple were quar­an­tined. The per­cent­age of pos­i­tive sam­ples was 0.2 % (num­ber of tests 1320). The inci­dence of infec­tions dur­ing the last 14 days is 11.6/100,000 cit­i­zens. No patients are cur­rent­ly being treat­ed at the Cen­tral Hos­pi­tal because of COVID-19. The recent coro­n­avirus infec­tions are main­ly relat­ed to trav­el­ling and social gatherings.

The coro­n­avirus sit­u­a­tion in the area has remained calm. There­fore, cur­rent rec­om­men­da­tions will remain unchanged and Soite con­tin­ues at the coro­n­avirus base lev­el. The region­al rec­om­men­da­tions remain unchanged and in effect until 18th of April 2021. Main­tain­ing a calm coro­n­avirus sit­u­a­tion requires every pos­si­ble safe­ty mea­sure and that every­one behaves respon­si­bly in their every­day life.

Since the recent coro­n­avirus infec­tions are relat­ed to trav­el­ling and social gath­er­ings, we wish to remind every­one of the impor­tance of min­i­miz­ing social con­tacts. East­er should be spent in the com­pa­ny of your fam­i­ly circle.

Rec­om­men­da­tions for a coro­nasafe Easter:

• It is recommended that you spend Easter only with your closest near and dear ones, with family members who live in the same household, and preferably in your own municipality.
• Easter witches can perform their visits in small groups and children older than 12 must use a protective mask. Easter witches must remember to maintain a safety of at least 2 meters during their visits.
• When visiting Easter bonfires, maintain safety distances and remember the recommendation of no more than 10 participants at social gatherings.
• Remember good hand hygiene, too!
• Seek out coronavirus testing immediately and even if you have only very mild symptoms.

Link: Cur­rent reg­u­la­tions and rec­om­men­da­tions regard­ing the coro­n­avirus epi­dem­ic with­in Soite’s area.

The direc­tive from the Region­al State Admin­is­tra­tive Agency (Alue­hallintovi­ras­to) regard­ing a max­i­mum of 20 par­tic­i­pants at pub­lic events and gath­er­ings, both indoors and out­doors, is in effect until 30th of April 2021. The author­i­ty task group rec­om­mends that no gath­er­ings with more than 10 par­tic­i­pants should be arranged in the area.

The region­al COVID-19 author­i­ty task group has its next meet­ing on Wednes­day 7th of April 2021.

Today’s sit­u­a­tion

Three new cas­es of coro­n­avirus infec­tion have been con­firmed in Soite’s area. The chain of infec­tion has been mapped and those close to the infect­ed per­sons who have been exposed have been con­tact traced.

Link: The region­al sit­u­a­tion­al pic­ture can be found at Soite’s coro­na web­site.