Symptomatic and severely exposed should avoid contact for at least five days.
With worn out during the week, the people have received numerous new crown instructions from the authorities.
For example, the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has renewed its guidelines on testing and quarantine. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (STM), for example, shared the recommendations of its expert group on corona tests.
For their part, municipalities and hospital districts are confusing the soup, as they have to take care of the adequacy of health care staff.
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HS brought together how to act in different situations now. If the instructions of the local authorities deviate from these, then they must be followed.
If you have mild symptoms of a respiratory infection
Mild symptoms of a respiratory infection may include runny nose, cough, sore throat, muscle aches and fever.
If you are in basic health and your general well-being is good, there is usually no need for a corona test or contact for health care.
THL recommends that you avoid contact with anyone other than those living in the same household for at least five days after the onset of symptoms. If symptoms persist for more than three days, contact should be avoided until you have been asymptomatic for at least two days.
STM recommends a home test for those with mild symptoms. It is worth telling about the positive result to the people you have met in the last 2-3 days.
“Ask those exposed to voluntarily avoid contact for five days after you last met, wear a face mask, and follow good hand hygiene when meeting other people,” THL instructs.
Even if the result of the home test is negative, contact should be avoided for five days as a symptom.
If you are asymptomatic but know that you have been severely exposed to the coronavirus
THL instructs those living in the same household and others who have been in close contact with the interest rate positive to follow the instructions below:
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If possible, avoid contact outside the home until five days have passed since the onset of symptoms in the affected person. If several family members become ill, five days are counted from the beginning of the symptoms of the last person to become ill.
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Use a face mask outside the home.
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Stay telecommuting if possible. If you are completely asymptomatic, you can go to work using a face mask and avoiding contact.
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An asymptomatic child can go to school or kindergarten five days after the onset of symptoms in an affected family member.
STM recommends that asymptomatic coronavirus exposures be tested at least twice every three days specifically for for asymptomatic testing with a test.
Milder exposure situations are currently very common, as the coronavirus is highly circulating in the population. Therefore, everyone is advised to wear face masks, keep distances and keep their contacts short, says the chief physician. Emmi Sarvikivi From THL.
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When can a child who is sore or exposed go to school or kindergarten?
THL is updating its guidelines for children, says Chief Physician Sarvikivi. However, he said the five-day rule also applies to symptomatic children.
For example The city of Helsinki outlined on Wednesdaythat an asymptomatic child or young person can go to school, kindergarten, or school, even if the coronavirus is rife at home. However, additional contacts should be made by a physician in charge of infectious diseases Sanna Isosompin by avoid.
According to THL, an exposed asymptomatic child can go to school or kindergarten five days after the onset of symptoms in an affected family member.
Staying in the same classroom or similar space with the sufferer in early childhood education, school or educational institution is considered a low-risk exposure, THL instructed on Friday.
The facility recommends that those in the same condition be informed of any exposure and instructed to monitor for symptoms.
In what situation can or should I go for an official corona test?
According to the THL, you should apply for a health test if you have symptoms suggestive of a coronavirus and at least one of the following occurs:
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a test is recommended by a healthcare professional
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you work in social and health care in client and patient work
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you work in any position in round-the-clock care or disability services
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you are at risk of severe coronavirus disease
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you are pregnant
STM: n according to which the official test for a positive result in an official test may also have the following:
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severe symptoms
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the need for an isolation or quarantine decision and the corresponding daily allowance
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the need to obtain a result for a corona passport
There may be regional differences in the instructions for applying for the test.
How do I get compensation if I have to leave work?
At present, you can only receive an infectious disease daily allowance for a coronavirus if you have taken a health care coronavirus test and received an isolation or quarantine decision written by an infectious disease doctor.
Some employers have extended the time an employee can be on sick leave with their own notice.
Labor market organizations and the Ministry of Education and Science are preparing an amendment to the law that would secure the communicable disease allowance even without quarantine or isolation.
Are the instructions different if I have not been vaccinated?
THL says its new guidelines apply to both vaccinated and non-vaccinated people.
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