Tag: Preschool
Finnish Immigration Service witnesses decrease in reception centre demand
In recent years, the number of asylum seekers has remained moderate. However, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 60,000 applicants for temporary protection have arrived in Finland. To address the surge in arrivals, nearly 100 new reception centres were established across the country. Before the invasion, Finland had 20 reception…
Part 1 of 10. Low-cost preschool
Hidden Agenda with Per Andersson is satire from Sweden’s Radio Drama from and on Per Andersson and Lola Zackow. Script: Per Andersson and Håkan Johnson Direction: Lola Zackow In the roles: Per Andersson such as Gunnar Frankman and Lola Zackow as Nina Woodjack. Also participates Janna Granström, Ing-Marie Carlsson, Johan Wahlström, Amanda Jansson, Samuel Astor…
Simone Biles – the gymnastics, the records and the abuse scandal
Simone Biles (born 1997) is an American gymnast. After a turbulent first time in life, 3-year-old Simone Biles is adopted by her grandfather in Texas. A couple of years later, during a day trip with the preschool, she finds herself enchanted by the equipment and movements at the local gym. When she herself, on pure…
Mother of young children Annika’s fight against ALS
When Annika Andersson in Vilhelmina is 26 years old, she has just started her career, got pregnant and notices that something is wrong with her body. Her legs buckle and she falls down the stairs several times. After two years of commuting to experts in Umeå, she finally gets the news: She has ALS. She…
A preschooler was poisoned by “gum”, which turned out to be a nicotine bag
A child was hospitalized in Akureyri after trying a nicotine pouch at a kindergarten. He found a can of nicotine and offered his friend “gum”. The children tried the sachet but quickly spat it out. This proved insufficient, as one of them soon felt worse. The kindergarten staff reacted properly and everything ended happily. The…
Guardians praise the early childhood education and preschool education in the capital region
This is evident from the results of the joint municipal survey. Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa organized a survey for the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-school education between October 26 and November 9, 2022. The survey was aimed at all guardians of children in early childhood education or…
Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash
A helicopter has crashed near a preschool on the outskirts of Kyiv, regional governor Oleksiy Kuleba says according to Reuters. Ukraine’s interior minister is one of those who died in the crash, writes Reuters. Listen to Ekot’s live broadcast with Sveriges Radio’s Russia correspondent Maria Persson Löfgren.
Problem with kindergartens in the city
Dozens of parents protested at Reykjavík City Hall because they did not get a place in a kindergarten for their children. “We are the parents of a 12-year-old boy who was in exactly the same situation when he was in preschool age. Now we’re in our fifties and have a 10-month-old baby, and we’re facing…
Total defense – it is expected of you if there is a war in Sweden
Increased preparedness in case of danger of war = total defense is activated In a situation where the government decides that there will be increased preparedness in Sweden, your everyday life will be affected. Michael Malm, who works with total defense issues at the Swedish Armed Forces, talks about who becomes a soldier, when you…
Changes in the summer childcare arrangements must be notified to Kela
changes in daily treatment times changes in the day care fee a new day care facility or provider the child starts early childhood education organized by the municipality the child begins preschool or a two-year preschool experiment. Notification is not required if there are no changes in childcare arrangements or if the child is in…
How to protect your child from serious RS virus infection
In October, more than a thousand children in Sweden were hospitalized for treatment of this type of respiratory infection. It usually starts as a common cold and is in most cases mild. Agnes Gavelin, who has just had her second child, talks about the concern that the little baby will be infected, and the family…
Fully vaccinated can soon return to work without testing
Anyone who has been fully vaccinated, who has recently had covid-19 or who is under 6 years of age can return to work, school or preschool after 1 November when they feel healthy, without testing, even if certain symptoms persist, the Public Health Agency announced at a press conference . All children and adults are…
The village pays the family rent in exchange for the presence of social media
Many small municipalities in Finland have a bleak future due to declining population and migration to large cities. However, one small municipality is trying to harness the power of social media to combat this trend. Earlier this year, Luumäki said he was looking for a family that would sing the municipality’s praise on social media.…
How do you protect children in Finland?
In Finland, parents face the challenge of a wardrobe several times a year as the seasons change. It can be tricky to know what to buy, when and where. If you have moved to Finland from abroad, it may come as a surprise that Finnish children are expected to be outside regardless of the weather.…
Top 10 Soviet Athletes of All Time (PHOTO + VIDEOS)
Most of these athletes became living legends. And some changed their sport forever. Vladislav Tretiak (ice hockey) Vyacheslav Un Da-sin / TASS Tretiak is the legendary Soviet ice hockey player, who gained enormous fame on both sides of the Iron Curtain while playing for the Soviet national team as a goalkeeper. Tretiak started training relatively…
August brings changes to the school: Extended Compulsory Education, Preschool Pilot Program
Finland’s new compulsory education law came into force on Sunday. The law extends compulsory schooling to one year when each student turns 18, after it has been at least 16 years old. Schools must also now offer books to high school students, making secondary education completely free. Until now, families have had to spend hundreds…
The road less taken: How Danes are sociable, not socialist
As America adapts to the new era with a Biden presidency, the Democratic Party is often accused of being too ‘socialist’. This generally evokes negative images and the slow destruction of the American dream. Denmark, typically proclaimed a ‘socialist’ country, has been voted one of the happiest places in the world for over 40 years…
The Achievement Princess
“When I was sick, I had the ambition to pick up my children at preschool. I could not bear it every day. I was extremely ashamed that I could not bear to be with my children. It is shameful.” Hear Maria Larsson’s story about the Achievement Princess that went into the wall. And about how…
Reindeer herders are denied preschool places in two municipalities
Due to reindeer husbandry, having preschool places in two different municipalities is not possible in Vindeln, despite the fact that it is a Sami administrative municipality. Sophia Rehnfjäll has been told that she must cancel her preschool place for her daughter in Vindeln if she is to have a preschool place in Ammarnäs, in Sorsele…
Babysitter on trial on suspicion of aggravated child sexual abuse
On Wednesday, the district court proceedings began against the young childminder who is suspected of aggravated sexual abuse of a child at a preschool in northeastern Skåne. The man has always denied the accusations and the trial was supposed to start in June last year but had to be postponed after the man’s lawyer requested…
He spread revenge porn on his ex – sentenced to prison
After the woman finished, the man posted sex videos of his ex and pasted offensive pictures of the woman around her home in Sollentuna and around her children’s preschool, reports Middle of. The man is convicted of his refusal for grossly illegal invasion of privacy and gross slander, the punishment will be nine months’ imprisonment…
Enrollment in the Polish School for the 2021/22 school year is underway
Enrollment to the Polish School for the 2021/22 school year has started today. We remind you that you should fill in the application form not only for new students, but also for those who continue their education. Link to subscriptions: POLISH SCHOOL preschool group: children born in 2017 and 2018 group of five-year-olds: children born…
Fully developed fire in preschool
The alarm about the fire in the preschool, on Flygaregatan, in Norrtälje came just before 11 pm on Monday evening. The rescue service has at least four stations, on site, that work with the firefighting work. Lars Lindberg, commanding officer at Greater Stockholm’s fire service, says that they are concentrating on limiting the fully developed…
Biden is expected to present a new reform package
When Joe Biden gives his speech to both chambers of Congress tonight, American time, it is considered an important opportunity for the president to point out the direction of future politics to a large television audience. Among other things, he is expected to present a third major reform package, which includes free preschool, and reimbursed…
22 children and 19 kindergarten workers with COVID-19
COVID-19 has been confirmed in 22 children and 19 employees. Helgi Grímsson, director of the school and leisure department, says it is therefore clear that it will not be possible to maintain a traditional kindergarten job next week. In addition to the children and kindergarten staff currently in isolation, fifteen members of their families have…
VMA in Norrköping, Östergötland •
They are in the front line during the pandemic, but do not get access to the protective equipment they need everywhere – this is how the situation for the preschool staff is described by the Swedish Teachers’ Association and researcher Aida Alvinius from the Swedish National Defense College. Annette Nord, chief safety representative in Karlstad,…
In the kindergarten, 15 employees and 7 children were diagnosed with coronavirus
“I’m just in bed,” said Bergljót Jóhannsdóttir, director of the Jörfi kindergarten, where 15 workers and 7 children were diagnosed with coronavirus. Almost a hundred students attend kindergarten. 33 people work there. Not all of them have been tested yet, and the process is expected to take about a week. All children and employees are…
Trial on abuse begins – charges of hundreds of aggravated rapes
On Monday, the trial starts against the preschool teacher and her former partner who is accused of a total of close to 400 aggravated rapes against children. And the children who are exposed are their own. The lawyer Maria Robinson is the lawyer who was appointed to represent the children during the trial and she…
Wooden satellites, illiteracy and historical flights: Finland in the world press
The device orbits the earth at an altitude of 500-550 km and performs a complete orbit every hour and a half. An innovative new advertising campaign in Finland also surged this week when it used gibber to highlight illiteracy. The Finnish non-governmental organization World Vision, in cooperation with the advertising agency TBWA Helsinki, developed PSA…
SKR: Open preschool is an important piece of the puzzle for the integration work
Open preschool is important for the establishment of foreign-born women, according to Sweden’s municipalities and regions, SKR, which has mapped the activities. More than a hundred municipalities have targeted initiatives such as language training and community information in open preschools, according to SKR, initiatives that research shows are effective for establishment. “You learn the language…
The Foreign Chronicle
Pretoria Thursday. For a couple of days then I changed planes in Lomé in Togo. It had been a sweaty flight from Bangui in the Central African Republic. The change in Lomé on to Addis Ababa was stressful, in 25 minutes I had rushed through the terminal and into the next plane. Once there at…
VMA in Morjärv in Norrbotten County
Municipalities should be required to start measuring air quality in certain preschools. This is according to researchers who have discovered harmful levels of air pollution in preschools in traffic-exposed environments. Thomas Hellsten, principal and educator at Preschool Elvan in central Stockholm, welcomes air meters on his farm. – I would like to see such meters…
The municipality’s appeal: Keep the children at home – get money back
In Katrineholm, the municipality appeals to guardians to have the children at home from preschool throughout April due to the increased spread of corona infection. If they keep the children at home, they will get back the preschool fee for each day the children are home during the period March 30 to April 30. “This…
Important message to the public in Hisingen in the municipality of Gothenburg, Västra Götaland County.
Today, new restrictions are introduced in Poland, including the closure of preschools and shops that do not sell food and other necessities. At the same time, the churches may continue to be open, which provokes reactions from parents of young children. “We can go to church but not let our children have contact with other…
Important message to the public in Björklinge, Skuttunge, Läby in Uppsala municipality, Uppsala county.
Sweden’s two teachers’ unions are close to a merger after many years of discussions. The Swedish Teachers ‘Association, which organizes upper secondary and subject teachers, is now presenting an investigation that proposes a merger with the Swedish Teachers’ Association, which organizes teachers in preschool and primary school. According to the proposal, the new teachers’ union,…
Increased child COVID-19 cases in Sweden are due to virus variants
STOCKHOLM, March 17 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases among children is increasing in Sweden. Two weeks ago, almost one in five new infections was found in people aged 19 or younger, Dagens Nyheter reported on Wednesday. In comparison, less than 13 percent of the infections confirmed since the pandemic began involving people…
Tougher restrictions in Norway – forbidden to receive more than two guests
In Norway, the authorities have now introduced new, stricter restrictions following the last week’s ever-increasing spread of infection. Among other things, all schooling from fifth grade and up will take place at home. And during the Easter week, all preschool activities will be closed, NRK reports. It will also be forbidden to receive more than…
“Our children bear no guilt”
During the day, Ekot was able to tell that Yazidi former slaves at IS in a unique and secret operation could be reunited with the children they gave birth to during the captivity. The women have both the Yazidi community and their own families against them. The children are Muslims, their fathers were Muslims, they…
Parents in Jönköping County repented – returned adopted children
Two parents in Jönköping County adopted a child of preschool age from another country, but after a year and a half with the child, the parents regretted it and wanted to return the adopted child. The child is now back in his home country, but the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has issued directives that the…
The Municipal Council (S) was about the dress code: Did not know about it
Lysekil’s top politician, the Social Democrat and local councilor Jan-Olof Johansson is now responding to the criticism that preschool teachers in Lysekil are without warm clothes, at the same time as the municipality pays IT staff for both jackets and shirts. “I did not know it,” he says, and continues: “I do not know what…
The pope on a historic visit to Baghdad
Today, Pope Francis landed in Iraq and gave a historic speech in the capital. This is the first time a pope has visited Iraq and for the country’s vulnerable Christian minority, the visit is of great importance. “See your minorities as a valuable resource to protect, not as an obstacle to exclusion,” the pope said…
Styrsö residents on military exercises: “Sounds like war”
In January, the government decided that the Armed Forces should be allowed to carry out significantly more extensive shooting exercises in Gothenburg’s southern archipelago. Many archipelago residents have reacted to last week’s military exercises. “Our children got scared and went and hid,” says Lisa Nordström, who works at a preschool on Brännö.
4-year-old Nova: “I miss my friends – a lot”
Many parents choose to have their children at home from preschool as much as possible to reduce the risk of spreading the infection. 4-year-old Nova Wärme in Boden has been home from preschool since November. “She has started to get a little restless because she misses her friends and the stimulus she gets in preschool,”…
Record increase in vab days during the pandemic
The pandemic and the preschool’s zero tolerance for snotty children contributed to a record increase in temporary parental benefit for childcare in 2020. Swedish parents took out more than 8.3 million compensation days, an increase of 24 percent compared with the previous year according to statistics from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. “It has been…
Mapping should ensure childcare if the infection situation worsens
Those with socially important occupations have the right childcare even if the situation were to be tightened. In Nyköping, the municipality has sent out a questionnaire to guardians with children in preschool and leisure activities to get a basis. “We have had certain departments within the preschool that have had to close due to sick…
Finland starts a two-year pre-school exam
Decision-makers are launching a pilot project that will expand preschool education to five-year-olds. Several municipalities across Finland are participating in the experiment, during which decision-makers hope to find the possible effects of longer pre-school education on learning outcomes and gender equality. By the end of this month, municipalities will find out if policy makers have…
Record few cases of winter vomiting
Never before have so few cases of winter vomiting been reported to the Public Health Agency as at present in Skaraborg, and other parts of the country. Hand washing and spacing give effect even there as against covid-19. “We have not heard of any outbreaks in healthcare, schools or preschools,” says infection control doctor Peter…
Municipalities close schools in snowstorm – “Serious situation”
The preparedness is great for the extensive snowstorm that is expected, especially in Västernorrland, tonight and into the night. For the first time in at least ten years, SMHI has issued a class 3 warning regarding snowfall. “We can expect that we will have a serious situation, especially tomorrow morning when all this snow has…
Snöovädret closes schools in Örnsköldsvik
In Örnsköldsvik, the schools will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday due to the expected snowstorm. Preschools and leisure activities will be open, but the municipality encourages the guardians who can have the children at home. All school buses will also be canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Low risk for children to become seriously ill in covid-19 according to a new study
The spring term will soon begin in the country’s schools and so far there has been no data on how schools affect the risk of children becoming seriously ill in covid-19. But according to a new registry study from Karolinska Institutet, the risk of children falling ill with severe covid-19 is low. Researcher at Karolinska…
Drugs are hidden in preschools and schools – the police see a trend
The police see a trend in drugs being hidden at preschools and on schoolyards in Borås. It has happened that the drug is hidden in, for example, the sandbox and that children have found it. “It is idiotic and must stop,” says Johan Jinnedal, inspector at Borås Police.
M wants homework free time in vulnerable areas
The moderates want to introduce homework for children in primary school in vulnerable areas and expanded language preschool. The proposals were presented by the Moderate leader Ulf Kristersson, when he gave his Christmas speech today. Measures to prevent social problems and crime were in focus. “Real prevention is neither unpretentious nor cute, but fairly tangible,”…
From Iceland – Slight relaxation of Coronavirus measures: Swimming pools to open
The Minister of Health, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, has announced changes to measures to prevent coronary heart disease in Iceland. This will take effect on December 10 and have been revealed on official website of the Prime Minister’s Office, The Government of Iceland. The changes will apply until January 12. The new measures, as set out in…
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A government inquiry commissioned by the government proposes that 15 hours of preschool a week should become compulsory from the year the child turns five. The purpose is to improve language development, especially for children of foreign origin. “In a healthy and well-functioning family that reads books and visits the neighbor, I do not see…
VMA in Borlänge, Dalarna County.
Even children in preschool and primary school who are without symptoms must now be at home for at least seven days if someone in the home is infected with covid-19, according to the Public Health Agency and Minister of Education Anna Ekström. Children have previously been exempted from the rules, but now the Swedish Public…
VMA in Borlänge, Dalarna County.
Even asymptomatic younger children who live with someone who has covid-19 are now recommended to stay home from pre-school and primary school, announces the Public Health Agency. “It is a gratifying news,” says Berith Lifv, preschool teacher and safety representative at the Månstenen preschool in Säffle. Säffle’s school principal Erica Andrén also welcomes the new…
Unclear guidelines create anxiety in preschool
According to the Swedish Public Health Agency’s recommendations, healthy children can be in preschool – if collection and drop-off can be arranged in a safe way. But preschool teachers are worried that they could become corona infected. – It is very worrying and it will be a mental stress that we are exposed to the…
Compulsory preschool is proposed
The government’s investigator Lotta Edholm proposes that the municipalities should conduct outreach activities, direct enrollment of children who need preschool to get better Swedish, and compulsory preschool from the age of five. Today, compulsory schooling begins at the age of 6. We believe that it should be from the age of 5, but that it…
Conflict
Participants: Anu Madgavkar, Indian researcher focusing on inequality in the labor market, affiliated with the consulting and analysis company McKinsey, Lena Ag, Director General of the Equality Authority, Åsa Regnér, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Head of UN Women, Katherine Soto, founder of the organization Mujeres Desaparicidas in Peru, Lena Johansson, preschool…
Preschool staff do not get warm clothes: “Wear on our private”
Despite the fact that they are now more outdoors to reduce the risk of corona infection, preschool staff in Umeå do not receive winter clothes – other staff groups in Umeå municipality do. The desire for clothes is something that the chair of the pre-school and compulsory school committee, Moa Brydsten, has not been reached…
Preschool staff are entitled to visors and mouth guards
The Swedish Work Environment Authority has decided that staff at a preschool in Bergs municipality in Jämtland should be allowed to protect themselves with mouth guards and visors against corona infection. The protective equipment must be provided by the employer, reports TV4 Nyheterna. The decision is unfortunate, thinks Anneli Olofsson, head of education in Bergs…
New restrictions are introduced in Austria
From midnight on Tuesday night, Austria will enter a second closure of large sections of society. This was stated by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz at a press conference today. The whole of Europe is currently undergoing an intense second wave of the corona pandemic, the Chancellor said. From the night to Tuesday and for ten days,…
Merkel: We are seeing an exponential increase in infection
At a recent press conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the country will impose stricter restrictions. This is because the rate of spread of infection is very high right now. The new rules will apply from Monday to the end of November. Ekot’s Caroline saltzinger is on site in Berlin: – Angela Merkel is…
Merkel’s demands: New tough restrictions
Closed theaters and cinemas, barred restaurants and basically stops for foreign tourism. It is German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s demand to slow the spread of infection – but first she must convince her colleagues in the Länder. Merkel’s list of measures to break the negative corona development is long and partly dramatic. From 4 November, the…
No stop for daycare mothers
The proposal to introduce an establishment ban for educational care, ie day care mothers and family day care centers, does not seem to be able to become a reality. Only the Left Party wants an end to educational care. A broad parliamentary majority says no to the proposal from the government’s investigators. On Monday, the…
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From the autumn term 2021, the children at the preschool and primary school at Åsenskolan will move to Strandvägsskolan in Filipstad. According to school director Sten-Åke Eriksson, this is done to reduce school segregation, and the formal decision is hammered out at the children and education committee today. “I have no fear of confusing the…
Today, home insulation is introduced for those who live with covids
As of today, home insulation will be introduced for those who live with someone who has been confirmed infected with covid-19, in the Stockholm Region. Home insulation does not apply to preschool children or children in primary school or special high school. Maria Rotzén Östlund, acting infection control doctor, says that it is okay to…
Many covid patients are threatened with downtime insurance
Hundreds of long-term patients in covid-19 are now threatened this autumn by downtime insurance from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency. 48-year-old preschool teacher Charlotte Kerben from Uppsala was insured in early September and is still suffering from six symptoms six months after falling ill with covid-19. – I have had a fever since March. I…
Open preschool opens its doors again
Now the open preschools are starting to open their doors again after being closed during the first period of the corona pandemic. Johanna Karls and Emilia Karlsson in Hörnefors are two of all parents who are now happy to be in the heat again. “Considering the corona, we have mostly been at home, so now…
The Left Party wants to raise taxes by 72 billion
Increased taxes for those who earn the most will increase equality between high- and low-income earners in the Left Party’s budget. The Left Party wants to increase the tax by a total of SEK 72 billion in its shadow budget, which the party presented this morning. The largest increase is tax on capital and property,…
Increased support for the municipalities in the Left Party’s shadow budget
Today, the Left Party’s economic policy spokesperson Ulla Andersson presents the party’s autumn budget motion. Among other things, more money is proposed for school, care and nursing. It is already known that the party wants to invest almost SEK 40 billion more than the government in various support for the municipalities’ activities in 2021. The…
Home visits to the youngest readers will be more widespread
Report on the Bookstart project shows that the personal meeting is important for success. Five years ago, librarians in Lövgärdet in Gothenburg began to go home to families who had their first child. They brought book gifts with them and talked about the importance of reading. The Bokstart project has since continued in other parts…
Government: Reading projects for the very young will be permanent
Librarians who visit new parents’ homes are one of the methods tested to improve children’s language development in the “Bookstart” project. In Härnösand, two librarians call at the home of the parent Hannah Ljungqvist and her daughter Signe. – Both of these books are quite “bit-friendly”, so they can be tolerated a bit, says Birgitta…
New recruitment of criminals must be prevented in preschool class
To stop the new recruitment to criminal gangs, the police in Rinkeby in Stockholm will direct some of the preventive work against six-year-olds at the preschool. Therese Rosengren, acting local police area manager, tells TT that it may be easier to get help from the parents when the children are so small. The police’s experience…
Plans to extend maternity leave to one year
Under the new maternity and parental leave bill, published on the government’s consultation portal this week, each parent will receive six months’ maternity leave. One month can be transferred to the other parent, and the right to maternity leave will expire when the child turns eighteen months. Halldóra Mogensen / photo: visir.is At the end…
Navalny apartment in Moscow seized
The poisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who is on the road to recovery in Berlin, has had his apartment in Moscow seized and his assets frozen. – Navalny’s apartment has been seized by the authorities, says Kira Jarmysj in social media. She is Alexei Navalny’s spokesperson and was on the flight when he became…
THL reviews coronavirus guidelines for children and adolescents
The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has updated its recommendations for the treatment and testing of children and adolescents with possible Covid-19 symptoms. School-age children and adolescents should be tested immediately for the coronavirus if they have possible, even mild, symptoms, the institute said in new guidelines released Friday. On the other hand,…
From Iceland – Peeling of plastic packaging for “plastic-free September”
Breaking habits is hard. No one will be an environmentalist overnight. Where would you even start? “It’s easy to get sad,” says Kolbrún Haraldsdóttir, teacher and co-manager of the “Plastlaus september” (Plastlaus september, in English) campaign. But despair will not change much. That’s why Kolbrún and Natalie Ouellette, marketing and PR experts, emphasize being positive.…
From Iceland – A family of six, after more than two years in Iceland, now facing deportation
A family of six people who fled persecution in Egypt to seek asylum in Iceland are now facing deportation next week. The hour reports. The family, which includes four young children, has lived in Iceland for over two years now. Icelandic regulations state that all asylum seekers who have not worked in a case for…
Drugs found buried in preschool yards in Södertälje
Recently, preschool staff in Södertälje have found buried drugs in sandboxes in several places in the municipality, reports SVT. To the canal, Södertälje municipality states that this is a widespread problem in the areas of Brunnsäng, Grusåsen and western Geneta. During the summer, extra guards have patrolled and there is also camera surveillance in some…
HUS aims to reduce the Covid test result to delay the increase in capacity
Last month, the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) faced a major challenge when the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health announced its goal of conducting 20,000 coronavirus tests nationwide. The district laboratory HUSLAB is responsible for analyzing the lion’s share. There are plans to achieve more than 8,000 daily Covid tests per day by…
Suspected discharge after train tracking
A large area has been cordoned off around Munkebäcksmotet since two freight cars collided at Sävenäs marshalling yard early on Tuesday morning. One of the trains was loaded with dangerous and flammable substances, and a carriage overturned. An area within a radius of 600 meters from the accident site has been cordoned off. Several buildings…
Álfaborg Kindergarten is closed until Friday
The Álfaborg kindergarten in Svalbarðsströnd, North Iceland, will be closed until Friday pending analysis of samples due to COVID-19. The test sample was taken from a family member of a kindergarten employee. Álfaborg kindergarten / photo: visir The kindergarten’s website informs that the closure of the kindergarten, which will last for a total of three…
