Finland Covid-19 cases - 8,512 cases, 337 deaths

[Gert van der Hoek]

Corona Virus May Have Entered the Arctic

Published at: Jan 24 2020 - 09:21 / Updated at: Jan 24 2020 - 09:21

Two persons from a Chinese family have arrived to northern Finland from Wuhan, China by way of a transit in Norway, according to Finnish TV, says Norwegian broadcaster NRK. There is suspicion that the two are infected with the corona virus, which has killed 26 people so far. Another 830 cases of disease have been documented, Chinese authorities confirm.

"Tests from the two will be taken Friday morning", says Chief of Infectious Diseases Markku Broas at Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi to YLE. The Chinese tourists have been to Lapland for a couple of days and sought medical assistance in Ivalo.

Broas says the tourists traveled via Norway to Finland on their arrival. They came from Wuhan, where the new corona virus has its source. He further says to Finnish news agency STT that the two most likely suffer from a different disease and argues that the Finns need not worry.

[theforeigner]

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/two_suspected_coronavirus_cases_in_northern_finland/11173752

News 24.1.2020 9:50 | updated 24.1.2020 12:15Two suspected coronavirus cases in northern Finland

Two tourists from China's Wuhan province sought medical treatment during their visit to Finland.

In a norwegian news report it was stated that the two Wuhan tourists came to Finland via Norway.
And test results are expected later today or tomorrow.

https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/xPW90l/kinesere-i-finland-testes-for-coronavirus-reiste-via-norge

[tetano]

A Chinese tourist who was admitted to hospital for tests after showing symptoms was confirmed to have the deadly new strain of coronavirus that has so far killed more than a hundred people in China.

Markku Broas from Lapland Central Hospital said that the tourist left Wuhan province five days ago. The province, which is the epicentre of the current outbreak, was shut down soon afterwards by Chinese authorities trying to stop the spread of the disease.

The tourist is said to be a female aged 32 and in relatively good health. She sought medical attention in Ivalo when symptoms first appeared. Samples were taken after a transfer to Lapland Central Hospital in Rovaniemi. Tests conducted in Helsinki confirmed the infection.

Officials from the National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL were scheduled to host a press conference at 6pm on Wednesday.

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_first_coronavirus_case_confirmed_in_lapland/11182855

[theforeigner]

First confirmed case in Finland!

Link to norwegian media translated to english:

https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/5e31a5e285ec770011af72a9

16: 33 Vemund Anke Garden

FINLAND WITH FIRST CORONAVIRUS
A Chinese tourist has detected the corona virus in Lapland, Finland, writes Yle.

The 32-year-old female tourist was sent for hospital testing after showing symptoms of the disease that is believed to have spread from Wuhan in China

This is the first confirmed case in the Nordic countries.

[Pathfinder]

Translation Google

A tourist was found infected by the corona virus at Lapland Central Hospital

29/01/2020

A tourist has been found to be infected by the corona virus at Lapland Central Hospital. The tourist is currently isolated. The tourist comes from Wuhan in China. This is the first confirmed case in Finland.

“It was expected that illnesses related to tourism would also occur in Finland. The risk is still small that the disease is spreading in Finland, so you do not have to worry, ”says Mika Salminen , director at THL.

The Lapland Medical District and the local health authorities continue to manage the situation together with THL. About 15 people may have been exposed to infection. The medical district is following up on their health status.



“We have prepared for any cases in Finland. The health care and laboratories have ready-made business models. The hospitals have good preparedness to investigate and treat coronavirus infections in isolated conditions, ”says Salminen.

THL keeps up with the international situation and updates the following website with current information:

https://thl.fi/sv/web/thlfi-sv/-/tur...-sv%2Faktuellt

[Shiloh]

Source: https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/u...virus/11184029



News 30.1.2020 15:00 | updated 30.1.2020 15:00
Up to 24 people in Finland possibly exposed to coronavirus
Health officials say that contracting the disease from persons showing no symptoms of infection is unlikely.
k?sien pesua palasaippualla

The number of people possibly exposed to Wuhan coronavirus has risen to 24 from a previous estimate of 15, according to Lapland hospital district infectious diseases specialist Markku Broas.

The Lapland hospital district said on Thursday that while the majority of persons potentially exposed to the disease are foreigners, some Finns are among the group. According to Broas, one of the persons exposed to infection has already left Finland for Asia. Officials in the destination country in question have been informed about the situation, he added.

Health officials were expected to decide on possible quarantining of the exposed persons on Thursday. Current guidelines are to only isolate patients exhibiting symptoms.

"We are considering the possibility of quarantine for people possibly exposed. That would mean preparing a private space where they can be monitored to see if symptoms emerge. This will be decided during the course of the day," Broas told Yle’s Aamu-tv breakfast programme.
Difficult to reach affected persons

Officials were able to contact some of the affected persons on Wednesday when Finland’s first coronavirus case was confirmed in Lapland. The task of identifying persons who may have been exposed has been complicated by the fact that most of them are travellers...

[Gert van der Hoek]

1.2.2020

Two new coronaviruses hit Saturday in Lapland - had attended the same travel event as a Chinese woman in treatment


The Lapland Central Hospital was able to reach two more people exposed to the coronavirus on Saturday, says Markku Broas, chief of infection at the Lapland Hospital District . In Saariselk?, those exposed to the virus were both reached from Rovaniemi.

- Quarantine arrangements are carried out on a case-by-case basis. The quarantine facility can be a homey place to monitor for social contact, and to monitor daily for symptom and heat, says Broas.

Those exposed have participated in the same travel event as an infected Chinese woman who is being treated at a central hospital in Lapland. It was possible to register for the event by first name or nickname, so it has been difficult to ascertain the identity of many of the participants.

Health authorities have searched for a total of 22 people who were traveling with an infected woman at a travel event. 10 of them were reached on Friday. In addition, among the 24 exposed, there are two members of the medical staff who are in home quarantine.

According to Broas, a woman who is infected with coronavirus is doing well. The woman's well being is monitored and possibly sampled early in the week. Once the recovery is confirmed, the woman gets out of isolation.

According to Broas, there are currently no known or suspected cases of coronavirus infection in Finland. On Friday, the Lapland Hospital District analyzed samples of three people who had been exposed to the virus for a long time and confirmed that they were negative.

[sharon sanders]

hat tip @TyttiLaiho


26.2.2020 18:20 | updated 26.2.2020 19:06


Woman in Helsinki tests positive for novel coronavirus

The Finnish female who tested positive for Covid-19 has a fever but is in good condition, hospital officials say.


https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/w...loU9IRnoPSKEMs

[Shiloh]

Source: https://newsnowfinland.fi/domestic/h...19-coronavirus


Helsinki woman confirmed with Covid-19 coronavirus
The woman apparently caught the virus while she was visiting Milan, and only fell sick when she returned to Finland on Sunday.
By News Now Staff -
February 26, 2020

...The woman, described by health officials as being of working age, arrived back from Milan on Sunday and contacted healthcare services the next day after feeling ill.

“The patient followed the instructions and made the first phone call. After the risk assessment, she was referred for testing” says Asko J?rvinen, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Helsinki University Hospital HUS.

The patient is currently under hospital care, and her condition described at “feverish, but in good shape.”...

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_th...t_75761968.htm

Two new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Finland
Xinhua, March 1, 2020

HELSINKI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Two new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Helsinki, Finland, on Sunday, Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) announced in a press release.

The new cases are persons who had contact with a woman who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Helsinki on Friday.

Both infected returned home after sampling and are in good conditions...

[kiwibird]

https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17390-hs-hus-confirms-one-new-coronavirus-case-bringing-total-in-finland-to-seven.html

snip...

HUS stated yesterday that the infection did not come as a surprise and that the person in question, a working-age man, is in good condition. Work to determine if he has exposed any other people to the virus continues.

A total of seven cases of the new coronavirus have therefore been confirmed in Finland.

Aleksi Teivainen – HT

[kiwibird]

https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/covid-19-update-south-koreas-cases-hit-6000-italy-to-close-all-schools-first-death-reported-in-switzerland/

5 more tested positive for coronavirus in Finland. Finland now has 12 coronavirus cases.

[kiwibird]

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finland_confirms_three_new_coronavirus_cases_total_now_15/11244874

Finland confirms three new coronavirus cases, total now 15

All of the infections reported Friday involved persons who had returned from outbreak areas.

[kiwibird]

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/c...240?origin=rss News 8.3.2020 16:14 | updated 8.3.2020 16:38

Coronavirus shutters school near Tampere

Health officials in the Pirkanmaa region on Sunday afternoon said Pitk?j?rvi middle school would not open next week.

Health authorities on Sunday afternoon said Pitk?j?rvi middle school in Kangasala, some 20 kilometres east of Tampere, would not open on Monday in an effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak.

A staff member at the school had tested positive for coronavirus, according to Merja Lehtonen, head of the department of education in Kangasala.

Officials said 90 of the school's 500 pupils and staff had been exposed to the virus. Anyone exposed to infection will be placed under quarantine, according to Tampere University Hospital district. The school hosts grades seven through ten.

Health officials also said over a dozen students at Tampere University had been exposed to the virus and are currently quarantined. Exposed university students are mainly associated with the university's faculty of built environment.

Finland's health watchdog THL on Sunday confirmed four new cases of novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 23.

[Shiloh]

Source: https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/f...tions/11247901


News 9.3.2020 11:50 | updated 9.3.2020 11:50
Finland confirms seven new novel coronavirus infections
The new cases were reported in regions across southern Finland.

The total number of people infected by novel coronavirus has risen to 30, according to the National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL (in Finnish).

On Monday, the agency updated the total number of infections by seven new cases. Three diagnoses came from the region served by the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district in southern Finland.
31 exposed in Forssa..

[kiwibird]

https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/coronavirus_latest_ten_new_cases_travel_guidance_updated/11249610

• Finland now has 40 confirmed cases of coronavirus (as of Tuesday 10 March).
• Finnair has cancelled more than 3,800 flights.
• Foreign Ministry advises against unnecessary travel to North-Rhine Westfalia in Germany and the Tyrol region in Austria.