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Good news, is this the beginning of the end for Covid19?

Old May 30, 2021, 7:16 pm
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How to get a SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) RT-PCR test certificate for travel from Finland?

This wiki post details the means to obtain a PCR-test test certificate in Finland for travel. It is possible to completely avoid the cartel prices of over 200 (Terveystalo, 9Lives, etc.) by getting a certified from the public sector.

Where to get the test?

Print-at-home test result certificates are available for public sector tests taken in the following regions:
  • Uusimaa,
  • Kymi valley,
  • Northern Ostrobothnia,
  • South Karelia.
The PDF certificate for the last test taken can be downloaded from KoronaTietoni ( https://www.koronatietoni.fi/ ) within an hour after the test results are notified by SMS. You will need Finnish bank or mobile authentication codes to proceed.

It is expected that, in the second phase of deployment of the EU green pass in Finland, test results will be available from Kanta.fi regardless of locality. At the moment, Kanta.fi can only provide Finnish national vaccination certificates. In the first phase of deployment, (only) the vaccination certificates will be converted to EU format.

How to apply for the test?

There are several ways to apply for and take a suitable test:
  • If you have Covid-19 symptoms (based on self-diagnostic), you can get a test via Omaolo: https://www.omaolo.fi/
  • If you are returning to (or entering) Finland less than 14 days before the intended test date, you can apply from FinEntry: https://www.finentry.fi/
  • Visit the appointment-free test bus in poorer Helsinki districts. The schedule is available here:
    https://www.hel.fi/helsinki/coronavirus-en/social-and-health/coronavirus-test/
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Good news, is this the beginning of the end for Covid19?

Old Dec 27, 2020, 10:48 pm
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Here the delivery rate is 80 000 doses a week. With that rate it takes 100 weeks to vaccinate 80% of population.
sure, delivery rate will change over time, but I wonder if entry restrictions in the future will focus on the incidnce number or a vaccination saturation type of number.

My guess is vaccination wont affect incidence much for a large part of 2021. Actually, it is even likely incidence will go up if people start to relax their attitudes due to vaccination rollout
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 12:35 am
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The norwegian prime minister just said "don't expect to travel for easter, but maybe in the summer".
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 1:03 am
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Originally Posted by intuition
The norwegian prime minister just said "don't expect to travel for easter, but maybe in the summer".
2023 ?
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 2:08 am
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With the famous last words of a swedish, calling Norway the last existing soviet memberstate, I guess 2023 is a very good estimation on how quickly they can act!
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In UK more than 10 000 recruits to begin mass inoculations Jan 4 with a target of vaccinating a million people each week
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 6:26 am
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Maybe UK can use the track-and-trace crowd for this? It'll be like the 350 million a week.
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by intuition
Maybe UK can use the track-and-trace crowd for this? It'll be like the 350 million a week.
Track and trace don't really work and those people hardly have anything to do. There are 40 million doses of Oxford jabs due to be available by end of March

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Old Dec 28, 2020, 6:46 am
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Originally Posted by finnishlad
Track and trace don't really work and those people hardly have anything to do. ...
So they can be used for this task too!

Well, yeah, my point was - whatever number that comes out of the UK can presumed to be bluster. A baseless figure to please a crowd.
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 7:00 am
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Originally Posted by intuition
So they can be used for this task too!

Well, yeah, my point was - whatever number that comes out of the UK can presumed to be bluster. A baseless figure to please a crowd.
Those more than 10 000 recruited are GPs, nurses, paramedics and pharmacists. Why you think figure is baseless?
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Old Dec 28, 2020, 7:36 am
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Originally Posted by finnishlad
Those more than 10 000 recruited are GPs, nurses, paramedics and pharmacists. Why you think figure is baseless?
Sorry for being unclear.

The reference to track-and-trace is to examplify that "recruited" and/or "trained" is not the same as effectively working. The track-and-trace program recruited who-knows how many people who then sat idle. With a non-existing training and without any management they had to face the public anger and confusion. There was almost no track-and-tracing going on, despite the huge numbers of recruited and trained.

The "350 million a week" is a reference to the current practice to use irrelevant, misleading or false numbers, repeated ad-nauseam to drive a sentiment with a crowd. The number itself is only veichle. I could be "we are walking 2 billion fotsteps every day - that is how hard at work we are".

This is how I end up taking the figure "1 000 000 inocculations/week starting jan 4" with a bucket of salt.

I did a quick search to find the schedule for this, but all NHS says is "don't call us, we will call you".
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Thailand updated their entry requirements. Now person who has received two shots of vaccine must quarantine for 7 nights in Thailand.
Others: 11 nights.
If you have received a complete dose of an approved coronavirus vaccination latest 14 days before travelling, you are required to have:
  • a vaccination certificate (you can check accepted vaccinations from the Royal Thai Embassy’s web site).
  • a Certificate of Entry (COE) issued by a Royal Thai Embassy.
  • a negative coronavirus RT-PCR test result in English issued earliest 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point.
  • a confirmed hotel booking at an ASQ (Alternate State Quarantine) hotel only for 7 nights at your own expense. You can check a list of ASQ hotels from the local Royal Thai Embassy’s web page.
    https://www.finnair.com/fi-en/flight...ailand-2200006

    So if this is future that two shots are required for entry (lighter quarantine or lighter restrictions or entry) so when this world is going to open while we still dont know when the first shot of vaccine will be available?
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    Old Apr 5, 2021, 5:14 am
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    2 shots plus paperwork plus pcr-test plus quaratine is basically a no-entry rule.

    For people in active years, 2 shots will take the rest of 2021. I guess we wont be loghauling this year either.
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    Old Apr 5, 2021, 5:21 am
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    https://www.tatnews.org/2021/04/tat-...ated-tourists/

    Phuket will be quarantine free from July and another Thailand tourist destinations from October.
    Most Europeans will be vaccinated by then.
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    Old Apr 5, 2021, 5:38 am
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    Originally Posted by finnishlad
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    Most Europeans will be vaccinated by then.
    In your dreams.
    a majority might have been offered shot number 1 by that time.
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    Old Apr 5, 2021, 5:53 am
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    Despite several issues so far, the EU is confident that the next three months will prove to be a turning point in the vaccine program.

    In total, the commission is expecting 360 million doses of Covid shots between April and June, meaning it is well placed to achieve its target of vaccinating 70% of the adult population before the end of summer.
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