If you have mild symptoms of a virus infection or suspect that you have been infected with coronavirus, you can take a home test (antigen home test).

You can book an appointment for a coronavirus test in health care services if you have symptoms suitable for a coronavirus infection and:

• a health care professional has recommended a test or
• you are in a risk group for severe COVID-19 disease, or
• you are pregnant or
• you work in social welfare and health care in client and patient work, or
• you work in any task in 24-hour care or disability services.

In addition, we recommend that employees at fur farms that raise minks and raccoon dogs take a coronavirus test if they have fitting symptoms or have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Health care services do not provide coronavirus tests if you have had the coronavirus less than 3 months before the symptoms began.

How to book an appointment

If you need a coronavirus test taken by healthcare services, fill in the coronavirus symptom checker in the Omaolo service.

• After filling in the symptom checker, you can either book an appointment directly online or you will receive instructions to wait for a professional to contact you.
• In Omaolo, a guardian can also book an appointment for a child under the age of 15.

If you do not have access to the Internet, call your local health station. Always make an appointment for getting a coronavirus test.

Coronavirus tests can be taken at Siun sote health stations. Always make an appointment for the test. No coronavirus sampling is done on Sundays.

Coronavirus self-tests

If you have mild symptoms of viral infection, you can take an antigen home test. The home test results are more reliable if the test is repeated on several consecutive days or every 2–3 days.

• More information on coronavirus home tests: Coronavirus home tests (thl.fi)

What do I do if I get a positive result from a home test?

• If your symptoms are mild, you can stay home when you are sick. A mild coronavirus infection is treated in the same way as the common cold.
• If you get serious symptoms, such as breathing difficulties, and if your general state of health deteriorates, contact the Medical Helpline by phone: 116 117, or contact your health station. Always call before visiting.
• In a life-threatening emergency, call the emergency number 112. When you call, mention your infection.

What do I do if I get a positive result from a test taken by healthcare services?

• Stay home and wait for instructions from Siun Sote. You will receive instructions by text message.

  If you belong to a risk group for a very severe coronavirus infection, you are over 18 years of age and you belong to the target group of coronavirus medication defined by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. See instructions on the page Early medicinal treatment of a coronavirus infection.
• If you get serious symptoms, such as breathing difficulties, and if your general state of health deteriorates, contact the Medical Helpline by phone: 116 117, or contact your health station. Always call before visiting.
• In a life-threatening emergency, call the emergency number 112. When you call, mention your infection.

Tests taken by healthcare services

When you are coming to get tested for coronavirus

• Arrive for the test preferably by your own car or by walking or by bike. If using public transport is your only option, you should wear a mask. Keep a distance to other passengers.
• Arrive at the site at the time reserved for you.
• Bring your ID. You will be asked for your ID in connection with sampling.
• Arrive for sampling with a mask on your face.
• You will receive patient instructions from the test site explaining how to proceed after sampling.

Wait for your result at home

It takes 1–2 days to receive your coronavirus test results

• If the result is negative, you will be sent a text message if you have given Siun sote permission to send you text messages.
• If you test positive, you will receive your result and instructions by text message.
• You can see your test results on My Kanta Pages. The result can be seen as soon as the test is ready.

Wait for your result at home and avoid close contact with other people.

Coronavirus test are mainly free of charge

The test is subject to a fee in the following cases:

• if you are leaving for a trip and the airline or the border inspection in the destination country requires a certificate of a negative coronavirus test result.
• for persons from countries Finland does not have an agreement with (e.g. Russia) and who are not tourists. The countries Finland has an agreement with are the EU and EEA countries, Switzerland and Australia. See the list of countries Finland has an agreement with: https://tulli.fi/en/about-us/our-activities/eu-eea-efta-and-schengen-countries
• if you do not have the right to a municipality of residence in Finland and cannot present a certificate of your right to treatment. Read more about the right to treatment https://www.eu-healthcare.fi/for-health-care-professionals/patients-coming-from-abroad/

Coronavirus tests for travel

If you need a certificate of a negative coronavirus test for an airline or the border authorities of a destination country, we recommend that you primarily use private service providers. For your travel you might need a certificate of a coronavirus test in English, in addition to a separate Fit-to-Fly certificate if your state of health requires it.

If necessary, it is also possible to book a coronavirus test for travel at a Siun sote health station. A coronavirus test taken for purposes of travel is subject to a fee. Reserve an appointment by calling a health station.

• The cost of a coronavirus test taken on a weekday is EUR 133

Further information and instructions for travellers:

• Travel and the coronavirus pandemic (thl.fi)