Joint early childhood and pre-primary education customer survey to be sent to guardians of about 54,400 children Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa will be carrying out a joint customer survey 23.10-6.11.2024 aimed at the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-primary education. The aim of the survey is to examine … Continued
The responsibility for organising TE services will be transferred to municipalities at the beginning of 2025. Around a hundred services and tasks and the personnel responsible for them will be transferred from TE Offices, ELY Centres and the KEHA Centre to municipalities. TE Offices will be abolished, and TE services will become municipal services. If … Continued
In October and November, the cities of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa organised a joint client survey for the guardians of children in municipal and private early childhood education and pre-primary education. The guardians of children attending early childhood education and pre-primary education are mainly very satisfied with the education services provided in the capital … Continued
The city of Kauniainen has employed Viktoriya Kovalenko as a project worker to help Ukrainians that already are here or later arriving refugees in everyday matters. She will work as a contact person between the city and the refugees. Viktoriya comes from Kharkov in eastern Ukraine, where she took a university exam in international economy … Continued
The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) rescinded its national recommendations for general face mask use on 14 April 2022. People can now use face masks at their own discretion, but in certain specific situations, the recommendations remain valid. On 20 April, the Helsinki Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group decided to update its regional … Continued
Several restrictions in the metropolitan area have been lifted during February as the epidemic has steadily improved. The Helsinki Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group recommends to employers that, from 1 March onwards, extensive remote working can be gradually phased in to combine remote and local working. With the freeing of society, the responsibility, as well … Continued
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group recommends to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland that it lifts the current restrictions on public events in the metropolitan area as of 14 February, if the development of the loads placed on hospitals continues to be favourable. The epidemic situation in the metropolitan area has … Continued
The Metropolitan Area coronavirus coordination group recommends to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland that indoor public seating be allowed at 50 per cent capacity from 8 February, onwards. However, it is also recommended that the maximum number of participants be limited to a maximum of 500 people. Large private events are still … Continued
The load placed by the coronavirus pandemic on social and health care services in the Helsinki metropolitan area has remained high and non-urgent activities have had to be largely reduced. At the moment, however, it seems that the increase in the load has stopped and has begun to decrease in the metropolitan area. The persistence … Continued
The number of coronavirus infections continues to rise throughout the Helsinki metropolitan area and the burden placed on hospital care is increasing. There are currently altogether 347 coronavirus patients in hospital care in HUS (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa). In all cities in the Helsinki metropolitan area, as well as in HUS, non-emergency care … Continued