Tag: Krar

  • Sudden-death shootout sees Australia win FIFA victory over France

    Sudden-death shootout sees Australia win FIFA victory over France

    Soccer fans witnessed an epic showdown as Australia claimed an exciting victory against France on Saturday in the FIFA Women’s World Cup. John Ryan recaps some of the highlights from the match. THREE DAYS AGO, Olympic City 2032 saw a grand clash between Australia and France. Beautiful Ekka weather was served up for locals and…

  • Denmark’s best cake is in Copenhagen

    Denmark’s best cake is in Copenhagen

    You bake girl!It is the second time that Bastholm has won the award, and in fact the three best came from Copenhagen eateries, where the efforts of Freja Krarup (Maison d’Angleterre) and Christina Ivang (Conditori La Glace) came second and third. The ladies were overwhelmingly potent this year, and apart from Bastholm, the women were…

  • THL recommends spreading the fourth vaccine in July

    THL recommends spreading the fourth vaccine in July

    The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) revised its recommendations for the fourth Covid vaccination on Monday and urged municipalities to start giving vaccinations to certain groups already in July or by August 1 at the latest. This means that 60-79-year-olds and 18-69-year-olds belonging to risk groups can receive a second booster vaccine early.…

  • THL recommends a fifth dose of Covid for severely impaired patients

    THL recommends a fifth dose of Covid for severely impaired patients

    The Department of Health and Welfare (THL) recommends a fifth dose of Covid vaccine for people over 12 years of age who have a severely weakened immune system. This group includes 10,000 to 30,000 people. Their immunodeficiency may be congenital or the result of an illness or medication. "This applies, for example, to people in…

  • The Finnish THL is extending the recommendation to the fourth vaccination

    The Finnish THL is extending the recommendation to the fourth vaccination

    THL on Thursday said The fourth injection, which can be given no earlier than three months after the third, is an attempt to increase and extend the level of protection against severe forms of coronavirus disease, especially fatal ones. Just over half (51%) of those aged 80 and over have received four doses and 87.5%…

  • Finland will decide this week to expand the second Covid booster

    Finland will decide this week to expand the second Covid booster

    The Public Health Authority THL and the National Vaccine Expert Group (Krar) will announce this week whether they are recommending that the second Covid booster vaccine be extended to younger adults. Currently, the fourth dose of the vaccine has only been given to people over the age of 80 who live in nursing homes and…

  • Finland is reviewing other Covid support schemes for younger age groups

    Finland is reviewing other Covid support schemes for younger age groups

    The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (Krar) is due to discuss the possible introduction of other booster doses of Covid in people under 80 on Friday. Last week, two experienced doctors in Finland – Eeva Swedish and Markku Broas – called on the health authorities to introduce a fourth Covid vaccine for younger age groups. Currently,…

  • Thousands of Danish-born denied passports under strict citizenship legislation

    Thousands of Danish-born denied passports under strict citizenship legislation

    An increasing number of people in Denmark have a so-called ‘foreign passport’, which recognizes them as “stateless” because they can neither get a Danish passport, nor are they entitled to a foreign one, reports DR. Although this is the case for many refugees and their family reunified, strict Danish legislation means that their children, born…

  • Finns could receive the third vaccines in the spring, says THL’s Tar Grave

    Finns could receive the third vaccines in the spring, says THL’s Tar Grave

    “The [vaccination] the pace has been what municipalities can achieve. This is not something that depends on THL or [the National Advisory Committee on Vaccines] KRAR, ”he told the broadcaster. Minister of Family and Social Affairs Krista Kiuru (SDP) expressed frustration at the slow pace of vaccinations at YLE’s A-studio on Tuesday. Nearly 83 percent…

  • Tuesday’s newspapers: Niinistö-Biden debates, third priorities, gender pay gap

    Tuesday’s newspapers: Niinistö-Biden debates, third priorities, gender pay gap

    Helsinki afternoon newspaper Evening News is one of the newspapers telling the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö and the President of the United States Joe Biden had a phone conversation on Monday. The White House website said leaders had shared concerns about the situation in Ukraine. Biden also praised Finland’s decision to choose American-made F-35…

  • Coronavirus updates 25.10-8.12

    Coronavirus updates 25.10-8.12

    The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has proposed implementing a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for employees in the social and healthcare sector. The mandate would only apply to those who work closely with patients in high-risk groups. As per the proposal, employees can refuse to take the vaccine if there are valid medical reasons. In…

  • The vaccine expert defends THL’s decision to restrict booster vaccines

    The vaccine expert defends THL’s decision to restrict booster vaccines

    The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) will continue to focus on administering the third Covid-19 vaccine to those at risk, rather than extending eligibility to the rest of the population, the release said. Mia Kontio, THL Vaccine Specialist. Currently, the third dose, also known as a booster dose, is only recommended for people…

  • Wednesday’s newspapers: Covid restraint, vaccination bus and Finland’s smallest police dog retired

    Wednesday’s newspapers: Covid restraint, vaccination bus and Finland’s smallest police dog retired

    On Wednesday morning, all Finnish national and regional newspapers will publish reports on a board meeting held at the Estate House on Tuesday to discuss strategies to address the country’s deteriorating coronary virus situation. Helsingin sanomat newspaper write New restrictions and additional measures will be introduced in communal areas of the epidemic, as well as…

  • Monday’s newspapers: Finland’s Omicron worries, slow boosters and Covid at sea

    Monday’s newspapers: Finland’s Omicron worries, slow boosters and Covid at sea

    Breakthrough covid infections in fully vaccinated people are currently more common in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and Turku than seasonal influenza. Helsingin sanomat newspaper. These infections have been mild – characterized by headaches and a nose, HS said. On Sunday, Finland imposed entry restrictions on people arriving from South Africa. When Omicron triggers alarms, Evening…

  • Top doctor: The fifth wave of Covid hits Finland

    Top doctor: The fifth wave of Covid hits Finland

    Chief Physician of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), Asko Järvinen, said Evening News on Sunday that Finland needs new restrictions to protect unvaccinated from the coronavirus. He said that Finland should probably introduce similar restrictions as in other European countries in order to slow down the rate of new infections. Austria, for example,…

  • Main documents: Finland is in no hurry to introduce Covid boosters

    Main documents: Finland is in no hurry to introduce Covid boosters

    Finland is in no hurry to widely introduce the third booster dose of Covid, as two injections already protect the majority of the population from serious complications caused by the virus. This is the opinion of the chief physician To Hanna Nohy From the Department of Health and Welfare (THL) and Sally Leskinen, Chief Physician…

  • Dagur íslenskrar tungu – The Day of the Icelandic Language

    Dagur íslenskrar tungu – The Day of the Icelandic Language

    If you have seen the flags in front of the homes of Icelanders and institutions today, the reason is Dagur íslenskrar tungu – Icelandic Language Day, celebrated today. Icelandic Language Day is celebrated on November 16, on the birthday of Jónas Hallgrímsson (about whom we wrote recently HERE), as proposed by the Minister of Culture…

  • Thursday’s papers: Children vaccinated, Holocaust denier apologizes, football Cliffhanger

    Thursday’s papers: Children vaccinated, Holocaust denier apologizes, football Cliffhanger

    The possibility that Finland will start introducing coronavirus vaccines for children aged 5-11 before the end of this year has taken a big step forward, by to the most widespread Helsingin Sanomat. The latest developments follow reports From the U.S., a panel of experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the benefits…

  • Expert: Finland could start vaccinating Covid for 5-11 year olds by the end of this year

    Expert: Finland could start vaccinating Covid for 5-11 year olds by the end of this year

    COVID vaccinations for children aged 5–11 can start in Finland by the end of this year at the earliest, says vaccination specialist Mika Rämet from the Vaccination Research Center of the University of Tampere. The licensing process for the Pfizer-Biontech Covid vaccine is currently underway in the United States, and Rämet estimates that the European…

  • Prosecution: Parting murder must cost 51 years in prison

    The indictment, which Ritzau has seen, states that the prosecution will file a life sentence. If the court in Aarhus can not agree to that punishment, he should be sentenced to detention, you can read. The 51-year-old is expected to confess to the murder of Freyja Egilsdottir Mogensen at a court hearing on November 24.…

  • Minister of Health: "We cannot put citizens of other countries ahead of Finns"

    Minister of Health: "We cannot put citizens of other countries ahead of Finns"

    Finland has entered into procurement agreements to purchase a third Covid shot for all 12-year-olds and older, according to the Minister of Family and Social Affairs Krista Kiuru. Kiuru said in Yle’s Ykkösaamu program on Saturday that Finland has agreed to buy a third dose of the vaccine if the experts recommend a new vaccination…

  • DR withdraws interview with Alzheimer’s-stricken DF veteran

    DR withdraws interview with Alzheimer’s-stricken DF veteran

    – I have asked them not to apply, since my father unfortunately has an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, it sounds from DF’s current integration and high school rapporteur. Michael Elsborg, editor-in-chief at DR News, explains in a comment to the post that they at DR were not aware of Søren Krarup’s diagnosis. – Had we had this…

  • New Herning mayor on a difficult task in the Liberal Party’s capital

    New Herning mayor on a difficult task in the Liberal Party’s capital

    She is excited and humble, she says. Dorte West is aware of the great legacy she inherits from Lars Krarup, but she does not intend to try to imitate him. – I really do not want to think so much about lifting the legacy of Lars. I intend to continue the development that Herning Municipality…

  • Per Ørum will make a political comeback in Herning

    – I have a noble desire to help the municipality in the covid-19 crisis, which has hit hard, and I have experience from politics and 30 years as a citizen of Herning, I can draw on, says Per Ørum to Herning Folkeblad. Per Ørum sat in the Folketing for the Conservatives from 2005 to 2010,…

  • Commentator: Krarup slaps Løkke to help Venstre

    In an interview in Berlingske, Lars Krarup says, among other things, that Løkke announced that he would resign as chairman before the presidential showdown in August 2019. But Løkke allegedly did not live up to that promise in the first instance. – A great deal of bitterness has accumulated towards Løkke among some of the…

  • V-profile accuses Løkke of lying about the meeting in the basement

    V-profile accuses Løkke of lying about the meeting in the basement

    In a new book, the Liberal profile and the longtime mayor of Herning Lars Krarup goes to court with his former party colleague Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Krarup thus believes that Løkke has come up with a vertical lie about what actually happened during the Liberal Party’s dramatic main board meeting in 2014. It writes Ekstra…

  • THL: 65-69 year olds can choose mRNA vaccine over AstraZeneca from May

    THL: 65-69 year olds can choose mRNA vaccine over AstraZeneca from May

    “We need to appreciate people’s concern about AstraZeneca. It is not our goal for people to choose not to take the vaccine because of these concerns. ” Mia Kontio, a leading expert at THL, stated To YLE on Wednesday. He referred to concerns about the link between the vaccine and a very rare unusual blood…

  • Finland will only continue to use AstraZeneca for people over 65 years of age

    Finland will only continue to use AstraZeneca for people over 65 years of age

    The National Vaccination Expert Group (KRAR) has recommended that the Finnish health authorities continue to use the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine only for people over 65 years of age. The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) stated its support for the evaluation of KRAR and the recommendations of the advancing expert group. The use of…

  • YLE: In Helsinki, people over the age of 65 run out of vaccination with AstraZeneca

    YLE: In Helsinki, people over the age of 65 run out of vaccination with AstraZeneca

    “We’re really dealing with a challenge where we could end our arms and muscles to inject them,” he commented on YLE. The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) recommends that AstraZeneca be given only to people over 65 years of age. a recent finding that unusual blood clots with low platelets are a possible,…

  • THL chief: Vaccine distribution debate ‘politicized’

    THL chief: Vaccine distribution debate ‘politicized’

    The ongoing debate on changing the Finnish coronavirus vaccination plan has been politicized, according to the director of the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL). Markku Tervahauta. In a country that is often referred to for its equality, Finland’s current vaccine policy includes the distribution of young people to the elderly and at-risk groups…

  • Most Finns would speed up vaccinations in the worst affected areas, HS reports

    Most Finns would speed up vaccinations in the worst affected areas, HS reports

    Well over a third (38%) of respondents would start prioritizing the worst affected areas as soon as possible, while 36% would start after everyone at higher risk of developing severe symptoms of the virus has been vaccinated. More than one-fifth (22%) of respondents expressed opposition to the distribution of vaccines based on regional epidemiological situations.…

  • Tar Grave: Finnish THL does not play favorites with coronavirus restrictions

    Tar Grave: Finnish THL does not play favorites with coronavirus restrictions

    “Regional prioritization is not possible until vaccines have clearly shifted to current use,” he explained. He recalled that the government has promised that the most vulnerable populations to the new coronavirus – those over 70, front-line healthcare workers and people with a disease that exposes them to serious forms of the disease – will be…

  • Finland intends to continue using AstraZeneca for people over 65 years of age

    Finland intends to continue using AstraZeneca for people over 65 years of age

    Finland will continue to give the AstraZeneca vaccine next Monday, but only to people over the age of 65, according to a statement published by the Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Wednesday. AstraZeneca was discontinued last Friday after two cases of cerebral thrombosis were diagnosed in two people who had had a jaw.…