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However there is no reason to tighten restrictions over the holidays, according to the expert.
Helsinki University Hospital district s (HUS) infectious diseases chief Asko Järvinen.
Image: Silja Viitala / Yle
A more contagious strain of the coronavirus found in the UK may have already spread to Finland, according to Helsinki University Hospital district s (HUS) infectious diseases chief
Asko Järvinen. The [strain] was detected in Britain already at the end of September, which means that it has likely been transmitted to Finland by somebody, Järvinen said.
Like many countries, Finland banned passenger flights from the UK on Monday, over concerns about the new strain.
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Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node Accepted to Euro-BioImaging Research Infrastructure
Finnish Biomedical Imaging Node FiBI has been accepted as a service-providing Node to the pan-European Euro-BioImaging consortium for imaging technologies. The new Node improves the prerequisites for conducting high quality research and increases the researchers’ opportunities for international collaboration.
Euro-BioImaging is European Research Infrastructure Consortium for the top imaging communities in Europe, with 16 member countries and 25 Nodes. Euro-BioImaging offers both academic and industrial researchers open access to cutting-edge imaging technologies in biological and medical sciences. It also offers expertise as well as training and data management services for state of the art research.
SARS-CoV-2 infections among healthcare workers at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, spring 2020: serosurvey, symptoms and risk factors.
Dec 17, 2020
Exposure, risks and immunity of healthcare workers (HCWs), a vital resource during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, warrant special attention.
HCWs at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, filled in questionnaires and provided serum samples for SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody screening by Euroimmun IgG assay in March-April 2020. Positive/equivocal findings were confirmed by Abbott and microneutralization tests. Positivity by two of the three assays or RT-PCR indicated a Covid-19 case (CoV+).
The rate of CoV(+) was 3.3% (36/1095) and seropositivity 3.0% (33/1095). CoV(+) was associated with contact with a known Covid-19 case, and working on a Covid-19-dedicated ward or one with cases among staff. The rate in the Covid-19-dedicated ICU was negligible. Smoking and age
Update: THL denies coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Finland
Health agency THL has contradicted an earlier claim by the HUS Director of Diagnostic Services that the vaccine had arrived in Finland.
A healthcare worker receiving the Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus vaccine in Florida, USA on 14 December 2020.
Image: AFP / Lehtikuva
Finland s health agency THL, pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and HUS Pharmacy have all denied that the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has arrived in Finland, contradicting information provided earlier on Wednesday by Helsinki University Hospital district’s (HUS s) Director of Diagnostic Services
Lasse Lehtonen. Yes, there must be some misunderstanding here. I also confirmed the matter with Pfizer and HUS Pharmacy, THL s Director of Pharmaceutical Wholesale