This is how you protect yourself and others

COVID-19 vaccines protect effectively against severe coronavirus disease and they help break the chains of infection.

Read more information on COVID-19 vaccines  here. 

Read more about vaccines here.

We recommend that you stay at home if you have even mild symptoms indicative of coronavirus infection.

The symptoms of coronavirus consist of the following:

• headache
• smell or taste disorders
• sniffles, nasal congestion
• cough
• shortness of breath
• weakness, tiredness
• myalgia
• sore throat, hoarse throat 
• fever
• nausea, vomiting
• diarrhea

Check Vantaa’s instructions for COVID-19 testing here.

You can contract coronavirus also from a symptomless person.  

We recommend that:

• You observe social distancing on public indoor premises. Public indoor premises consist of, for instance, malls and public transportation,
• Follow the instructions of arrangers at public events,
• Do not shake hands.

You should wash your hands especially: 

• when coming in from outdoors
• before cooking and eating
• always after using the restroom
• after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• after touching the same surface as a person with a cold.

If you cannot wash your hands, use hand sanitizer.

Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth, unless you just recently washed your hands.

Cough and sneeze into a handkerchief and put the handkerchief immediately into a trashcan. If you do not have a handkerchief, cough or sneeze into the upper part of your sleeve.

A face mask will prevent droplets from spreading into the environment. When you wear a face mask, you protect others against infection. In addition, the face mask—depending on its type—will also protect its wearer to some extent. 

Wear a face mask in situations where the risk of infection is big; for example, public indoor spaces with several people.

We recommend that over-12-year-olds wear a face mask whenever they cannot observe social distancing.