Tuesday ‘s Magazines: Jobs Juggernaut, 40 Million Rapid Tests and Plastic Pandemic News
Finnish media is investigating the efficiency of transferring services for the unemployed from TE offices to municipalities, while Covid is increasing the pressure on disposable plastic.
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The magazine asked Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kerava how many unemployed people had found a job through a pilot by the end of last November. None of these cities had information to provide.
Municipalities have had difficulty meeting the demand for employment services, which has been further strained during the interest rate crisis, says HS.
Normalizes Covidia
On Monday, several municipalities in southern Finland, including Helsinki, announced that they were stop most exposure tracking and facilitating quarantine requirements.
It said Evening News (switch to another service) says most infectious disease experts in the metropolitan area want to see people approach Covid in the same way as other upper respiratory tract infections.
According to the magazine, this means staying sick at home and avoiding contact with others.
40 million quick tests?
This would mean that the country would have to offer up to 40 million tests during the spring semester, according to the IL.
The Center for Security of Supply (NESA) told IL that it is considering acquiring rapid tests but has not yet placed orders.
Covid garbage recycling
In recent weeks, the highly infectious Omicron variant has attracted new interest in home test kits in Finland.
“We recommend that you dispose of the test kit in a sealed plastic bag with mixed waste.” Maarit Kiviranta HSY, a waste company in the Helsinki metropolitan area, told the Swedish-speaking day.
According to Kiviranta, the goal was to prevent virus particles from entering waste management systems. However, he pointed out that the tissues used contain more of these particles than the kits used.