If the number of coronavirus infections continues at the same pace as from July to December, Finland will reach the peak of the pandemic in early March, warns the National Institute of Public Health THL according to daily data Helsingin sanomat newspaper.
According to a calculation by the Modeling Group of the National Institute for Health and Welfare, infections in the country will rise in about 5,000 days. However, the introduction of a coronavirus vaccination program has not been taken into account in the calculations.
Connection restrictions helped Finland reduce the number of coronavirus infections in the spring. From July, however, infections began to increase again.
THL specialist researcher, mathematician Simopekka Vänskä, it remains to be seen whether the restrictions imposed in December will help reverse the steady increase in infections. "There are signs of stabilization, but we do not yet know how strong or permanent it will be," he said.
The number of hospital patients in the country has already grown to the same level as in the spring. However, the proportion of patients in intensive care units is significantly lower than in the spring, possibly due to the development of treatment and the age of the patients.
The Health Agency’s worst-case scenario predicts 10,000 new daily infections and about 3,000 people in the hospital if the infections continue to escalate.
On Tuesday, 249 people received coronavirus treatment in a hospital, 35 of them in intensive care.
Cough passage?
A Tampere resident every day Aamulehti reports that scientists have developed a new device – an artificial head programmed to cough – to illuminate more the spread of airborne viruses, such as the coronavirus.
The container placed under the artificial head contains a slime-like substance with an undisclosed composition. The artificial head sprays and disperses droplets and virus-carrying mucosal particles into the air, just as a person would cough and breathe into the air at the same time.
"This is a completely new kind of particle generator and is the first of its kind in the world. It is set to revolutionize coronavirus research," says Topi Rönkkö, Assistant Professor of Aerosol Physics at the University of Tampere.
The machine is placed in a controlled measuring chamber designed to match real-life conditions as closely as possible to accurately determine how viruses spread in the air.
The goal is to find solutions to prevent the virus from spreading in the air and reduce the risk of infection.
The study was conducted in collaboration with VTT and the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).
The challenge of teleworking spying
According to Finnish companies, corporate espionage is on the rise, according to the company magazine Economic life. According to the respondents to the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce survey, corporate espionage is now more common than before, and 21 per cent of the companies that participated in the survey reported being victims of espionage and espionage. It rose from just eight percent three years ago.
Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce business security expert, Panu Vesterinenreported that the increase in espionage cases is due to increased awareness. "Companies are more vigilant. Crime and attempted crime are now easier to detect," said Vesterinen.
The study raises concerns about the safety of telecommuting, as many companies have relocated their employees to remote locations since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the survey, 39 percent of companies that responded said they should have invested more in securing telecommuting.
However, some respondents said they had implemented additional security measures, such as providing staff with encrypted laptops, encouraging more frequent password changes, and encouraging employees to access work files only through a secure VPN connection.
Vesterinen warns that email scams have also increased. "Email cyber attacks can collect information on corporate networks for years before a security breach is detected," he said.
Source: The Nordic Page