Current Issues
More healthcare professionals to be allowed to administer vaccines
Press release
25.4.2024 13.56
New Pandemic Preparedness Plan takes account of experiences during COVID-19 era
Press release
12.4.2024 12.33
Workshop participants hope to see Communicable Diseases Act treat different sectors on more equal terms
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21.12.2023 14.00
Regulation on EU Digital COVID Certificate to expire – certificates continue to be available in MyKanta
Press release
21.6.2023 16.01
Stakeholders were consulted about negotiations on WHO pandemic treaty
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26.4.2023 14.08
Amendment to decree circulated for comments: COVID-19 no longer classified as generally hazardous communicable disease
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13.4.2023 15.16
Passengers arriving in Finland from China should be required to present proof of negative COVID-19 test
Press release
30.1.2023 17.04
COVID-19 vaccine uptake to be accelerated through private healthcare
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20.12.2022 15.00
Proposal for amending Government Decree on Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations circulated for comments — Small children at risk of serious illness from COVID-19 could be vaccinated in future
Press release
9.12.2022 10.38
Negotiations on future WHO pandemic treaty take place in Geneva this week
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5.12.2022 10.23
High number of COVID-19 cases imposes a burden on healthcare and social welfare
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27.10.2022 13.06
Future WHO pandemic treaty discussed in Helsinki
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30.9.2022 11.44
Finland donated COVID-19 vaccines to Nicaragua
Press release
8.7.2022 9.30
EU Digital COVID Certificates will be issued until 30 June 2023
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23.6.2022 13.18
Situational picture and modelling group publishes its last report on COVID-19 epidemic for now
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2.6.2022 10.01
More than half of people aged 80 or over have received their fourth vaccine dose
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19.5.2022 10.01
Number of COVID-19 patients requiring hospital care declining
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5.5.2022 10.00
Less than half of those aged 80 or over with three vaccinations against COVID-19 have received fourth dose — Particularly older people require hospital care
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21.4.2022 10.01
Number of COVID-19 patients in hospital care remains high
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7.4.2022 10.00
European Commissioner Stella Kyriakides visits Finland to discuss assistance to Ukraine and Ukrainian people, among others
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1.4.2022 10.00
COVID-19 vaccination certificates for people aged under 18 no longer subject to time limit after primary vaccination series when used for travel
Press release
31.3.2022 10.26
Number of patients receiving hospital care due to COVID-19 remains high — focus on people’s own measures to prevent spread of infections
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24.3.2022 10.00
COVID-19 continues to circulate through population but vaccines provide effective protection against severe forms of disease
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10.3.2022 10.05
Number of patients receiving hospital care due to COVID-19 remains high
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3.3.2022 10.00
Restaurant restrictions to be lifted as of 1 March
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24.2.2022 13.22
Focus on supporting people’s own health security measures as epidemic continues and COVID-19 restrictions are eased
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24.2.2022 10.02
COVID-19 epidemic stabilising, need for hospital care still high
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17.2.2022 10.00
Restaurant restrictions eased — restrictions on use of COVID-19 passport extended
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11.2.2022 11.10
Strategy for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing updated to prevent spread of disease particularly among risk groups
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10.2.2022 16.19
COVID-19 situation remains essentially unchanged
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10.2.2022 10.00