We will start vaccinations with people who are most vulnerable to infection and severe disease, i.e. people aged 80 and over and people of all ages with severe immune insufficiency. A person’s immune system may have been compromised and weakened, for example, due to organ transplantation.
People over the age of 80 and people with severe immune insufficiency will receive the vaccine against COVID-19 first, followed by the vaccine against influenza later in the autumn. Giving the vaccines at different times will give these people better protection against disease. In recent years, COVID-19 has started to spread earlier than influenza, which usually peaks near the start of the new year.
Clients of care services and home care services
The inpatient wards at Helsinki’s hospitals, as well as the City’s senior centres and service homes, will vaccinate their own clients. Home care clients, as well as their informal caregivers eligible for vaccination, can get the vaccinations from the home care services. These groups started receiving the vaccines at end of August and beginning of September. People belonging to these groups do not need to book vaccination appointments.
Vaccinations at health stations
Vaccinations at health stations will be first offered to people aged 80 and over and people of all ages with severe immune insufficiency. They can receive the COVID-19 vaccine from 17 September to 27 September and the influenza vaccine from 4 November to 15 November. The telephone booking service for both vaccinations will open on 4 September. People aged 80 and over will also be able to book appointments using the Maisa client portal from 3 September.
Offered by appointment only, vaccinations will be widely available at most health stations. Vaccination appointments can be booked using the Maisa client portal(Link leads to external service) or by phone, tel. +358 9 31046300(Link starts a phone call), Mon-Fri at 8.00–16.00.
- People aged between 75 and 79, who will receive the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines at the same time, can get vaccinated from 30 September to 11 October. Appointment booking for this group will open on 17 September.
- People aged 65 and over and people aged 18 and over belonging to risk groups, who will receive the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines at the same time, can get vaccinated from 14 October to 1 November. Appointment booking for this group will open in Maisa on 2 October and on the telephone service on 10 October.
Vaccinations at maternity and child health clinics and in school and student health care
Influenza vaccinations at maternity and child health clinics
In the autumn, maternity and child health clinics will offer influenza vaccines to all pregnant clients and children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years during their regular health check visits. Vaccinations will begin when the vaccines become available.
Clients will also be able to get influenza vaccinations from 4 November to 15 November. Appointment booking will open in Maisa later in the autumn, with details announced closer to the date when booking opens.
COVID-19 vaccinations at maternity and child health clinics
From 3 September, pregnant Helsinki residents will be offered booster rounds of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Malmi Centralised Maternity and Child Health Clinic Service. You can book a vaccination appointment through a public health nurse or the telephone service of the maternity and child health clinic, tel. +358 9 310 55530 (Link starts a phone call)Mon–Fri at 8.00–14.00. You can also receive a COVID-19 vaccination at a maternity and child health clinic from 4 November to 15 November in connection with an influenza vaccination appointment.
From 3 September, on the recommendation of specialised health care, also children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years with severe immune insufficiency will be offered COVID-19 booster vaccines at the Malmi Centralised Maternity and Child Health Clinic Service. You can book a vaccination appointment through a public health nurse or the telephone service of the maternity and child health clinic.
Clients of school and student health care will receive their vaccinations from the school and student health care services of their place of study. We will inform about this later.
