Helsinki residents will soon have faster access to rapid coronavirus testing, reports Huvfudstadsbladet in Swedish (HBL).
The authorities of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District HUS are to introduce the so-called "Corona bus" which acts as a mobile test station for the townspeople.
"The purchase is now complete and the bus will be ready for use in the next two weeks, maybe even right next week," Director of HUS Diagnostic Services Lasse Lehtonen told HBL.
The idea of the bus is to increase test numbers on construction sites and among immigrant communities, where there are a disproportionate number of cases, HBL writes.
The bus offers antigen tests for free. Positive cases are retested with a more reliable PCR test to confirm the result.
"The bus is mainly driven to schools or workplaces where it is possible to test large groups. Alternatively, it can be driven to a place with a lot of people where passers-by can go in and test," Lehtonen told the magazine.
The transformation of Kemijärvi is still a mystery
Tabloids Iltalehti reports Of the coronavirus alternative detected in the Lapland municipality of Kemijärvi at the end of March.
The genetic sequence of the virus found in samples taken from three people showed that it was not one of the variants in Britain, Brazil or South Africa that was blamed for the recent increase in infections across Europe.
Iltalehti borrows the Lapland Hospital District Markku Broas, which says more information about the option should be available this week.
"[Private lab] Vita Laboratories said that the sequencing of the entire genome has gone to the Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki and there have been certain delays. They said Thursday that the results should come this week," Broas told the magazine.
The origin of the infection is still unclear in the infection cluster, the variant of which now came from nine cases, Iltalehti writes.
Vanhanen will chair the Climate Action Conference
On Tuesday, global finance ministers announced their commitment to tackling climate change in a virtual meeting a story on Wednesday in Helsingin Sanomat.
Minister of Economic Affairs Matti Vanhanen The chairman of the meeting (Cen) told the newspaper that he believes that the world economic union now has a strong commitment to environmental action.
"Each speech reflected a real awakening and commitment to action to combat and prevent climate change. That was the main message of the meeting," he said.
"The wheel rotates in the right direction," The old man added.
The meeting of a group called the Coalition of Climate Finance Ministers was attended by finance ministers from more than 60 countries, including the first attendees from Japan, South Korea and the United States, HS writes.
Finland and Indonesia are chairing a group that commits its members to a set of ideas known as the Helsinki Principles.
Source: The Nordic Page