Päijät-Häme follows THL’s recommended booster vaccination – the fourth round of vaccination is not planned

The entrance to Päijät-Sote's corona vaccination point in Lahti.  The text instructs to wait in line.  An empty vaccination room in the background.
Päijät-Sote’s corona vaccination point is located in the Trio shopping center in Lahti.

Lapland’s hospital district is the first in Finland to offer fourth corona vaccines to social security personnel. Päijät-Häme does not intend to give its personnel fourth vaccinations.

Doctors and experts argue about booster vaccines given against corona.

Lapland’s hospital district is the first in Finland to offer fourth corona vaccines to social security personnel. THL does not recommend vaccinating social security personnel with the fourth corona vaccine. In this case, THL’s line differs from other EU countries.

– On the other hand, previous rounds of vaccinations prevent serious illness very well in otherwise healthy people under the age of 60. Age and risk groups identified separately should be vaccinated a fourth time or even after that, says Nieminen.

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