Coronavirus infection caused by the Omicron variant has been detected in Finland
One person has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection caused by the Omicron variant in Finland. Other persons in the same group have also been diagnosed with coronavirus infections. Their infections have not yet been confirmed as cases of the omicron variant. The group has returned to Finland from Sweden.
Local authorities are tracing exposed persons and have taken preventive measures in the hospital districts of Varsinais-Suomi, Helsinki and Uusimaa and Pohjois-Savo.
Protective measures also apply to the virus variants
The spread of the Omicron variant can be prevented in the same way as other coronavirus variants: take care of your vaccine protection, good hand and mask hygiene and safe distances described in the recommendations. If you have symptoms, stay at home and go get tested for coronavirus, if necessary.
The generation of virus variants is very common and is a part of the normal life cycle of viruses. Variants can spread and displace earlier forms of the virus or be overcome by other variants, as has also been seen multiple times during the coronavirus pandemic.
Further information
Uusi huolestuttava koronavirusmuunnos omikron (B.1.1.529)
Carita Savolainen-Kopra
leading expert
THL
[email protected]
