The metropolitan area’s coronavirus coordination group recommends the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland to decide to extend the validity of the regional restrictions until 28 March 2021, Section 58(g) is related to the closure of public and private premises in the area, whereas section 58(d) is related to the requirement of enabling actual distancing at public premises.

The municipalities of the Uusimaa region have set up a working group to prepare the organisation of social services for people with intellectual disabilities in the well-being services counties of Western Uusimaa, Eastern Uusimaa, Central Uusimaa and Vantaa-Kerava, as well as in Helsinki.

The City of Helsinki, Finland, aims to offer its citizens the possibility to better manage the personal information the city gathers from them. At the same time, the city is developing data-based city services that are timely and even predictive. Helsinki has chosen Vastuu Group Ltd to be their MyData operator. It develops personal data-based services for Helsinki together with Fujitsu Finland, Nixu Oyj, Personium, and 1001 Lakes.

Persons with intellectual disabilities and their families are happy with the functionality of oral health care services in Uusimaa. They feel that health centre services and the preparation and realisation of rehabilitation plans involve the most challenges.

In a 27 January 2021 meeting, the Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group determined that the recommendations and restrictions currently in use in the capital region would continue unchanged for the most part until the end of February 2021.