According to the vaccine expert, it is only a matter of time before every Finn is exposed to the coronavirus Mika Rämet. Evening News says he says the current vaccination coverage will bring 30,000 people to the hospital over the next year.
"Vaccination coverage is not a problem if 2-5% of the population is unvaccinated. It starts to be a problem when 20 percent are unvaccinated. From a public health point of view, a vaccination rate of 80% does not protect the population. It means that there are protected and unprotected individuals" Lasse Lehtonen, HUS ‘s Director of Diagnostic Services, added.
Both Rämet from the Vaccine Research Center of the University of Tampere and Lehtonen said that the third doses of vaccine are available to everyone.
According to the Institute for Health and Welfare, unvaccinated people are 19 times more likely to need hospital treatment if they have contracted the virus. They are 33 times more likely to need treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU).
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The debate on infertile meat
The city of Helsinki recently decided to stop serving meat products in its operations, but now a group of 14 delegates wants to add meat to meals in schools and in the capital’s elderly care units, according to a Swedish-language daily. Hufvudstadsbladet.
Authorized Basic Finns Juhani Strandén will lead a presentation to be discussed on Wednesday. He claims that older people are exposed to B12 deficiency when eating vegetarian food "annoy" children.
The city’s health authorities have found that meal plans reflect nutritional recommendations and that meat reductions are focused primarily on red meat, while cow’s milk is still available with every meal.
Tax office back online
The tax office’s OmaTax web portal will reopen at noon on Monday after a service outage that began last week, says Financial messages.
The € 17 million upgrade aims to improve the mobile version of the site while speeding up tax card delivery.
The tax administration urges remote and hybrid workers to apply for deductions through the MyTax portal.
Source: The Nordic Page