Coronavirus vaccinations on week 8

Coronavirus vaccinations on week 8

Woman receiving vaccination

People 95 years of age and older

Healthcare services will contact people 95 years of age and older by telephone in order to book vaccination appointments.

People 80 years of age and older

Vaccination events for people 80 years of age and older are held in the SAMK gymnasium in Satamakatu 26. The events are on from Tuesday to Friday.

Appointments can be made by calling tel. + 358 44 403 2687 on Saturday 20 February, starting from 8 AM.

Appointments can also be made online at rauma.terveytesi.fi. Online appointments require secure authentication. Online appointments can only be reserved by those already 80 years of age. Those who have not yet turned 80 this year, must make appointments by telephone. Each event will have 138 available times, so they will not be enough for everyone. New appointments will be available on week 9, more information on those will be given later.

People under 70 years of age with illnesses that are highly susceptible to a severe Covid-disease

Vaccination events for people under 70 will be held at Steniuksenkatu 2 at Rauma Health center. Appointments can be made by calling tel. + 358 44 403 2687 on Saturday 20 February, starting from 8 AM. There are 165 available vaccination times. New appointments will be available on week 9, more information on those will be given later.

  • Risk group 1 consists of people with the following illnesses:
  • organ transplantation or stem cell transplantation
  • cancer in active treatment
  • severe immune system disorder
  • severe chronic kidney disease (Satakunta Hospital District vaccinates dialysis patients)
  • severe chronic lung disease
  • type 2 diabetes treated with medicine
  • Down syndrome (adults)

People under 70 will be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca-vaccine.

Next in line to be vaccinated

People 70 to 79 years of age will be vaccianted when 80-year-olds and older have been vaccinated. They can not yet make appointments.