Who belong to the target groups for COVID-19 vaccinations?
In autumn 2026, the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for the following groups:
- older people living in care homes or receiving regular home care, as well as older people receiving informal care
- everyone aged 75 or over
- severely immunocompromised people of all ages
- people over the age of 18 with two or more underlying medical conditions that increase the risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
The target groups for COVID-19 vaccinations are based on the recommendations of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (in Finnish)(Link leads to external service).
How to make a COVID-19 vaccination appointment
- Open the Maisa app or go to www.maisa.fi(Link leads to external service).
- Log in by using strong authentication, either with your online banking credentials, a mobile certificate or a certificate card.
- People aged 75 and over will see a booking permission on the Maisa home page stating Book an appointment for your influenza and COVID-19 vaccination. Click Schedule now.
- Click Book appointment. Select the health station at which you want to have an appointment. You will see the health stations in your area that offer vaccinations.
- Choose a time that suits you from the options provided.
- Check your phone number.
- Finally, click the Verify appointment button.
- You can find the details of your upcoming appointment on the Events page of Maisa.
- Open the Maisa app or go to www.maisa.fi(Link leads to external service).
- Log in by using strong authentication, either with your online banking credentials, a mobile certificate or a certificate card.
- People aged 65–74 will see a booking permission on the Maisa home page stating Book an appointment for your influenza vaccination. Click Schedule now. If you are also in the target group for the COVID-19 vaccine, please book just one vaccination appointment. You will get your influenza and COVID-19 vaccines at the same time.
- Click Book appointment. Select the health station at which you want to have an appointment. You will see the health stations in your area that offer vaccinations.
- Choose a time that suits you from the options provided.
- Check your phone number.
- Finally, click the Verify appointment button.
- You can find the details of your upcoming appointment on the Events page of Maisa.
- Open the Maisa app or go to www.maisa.fi(Link leads to external service).
- Log in by using strong authentication, either with your online banking credentials, a mobile certificate or a certificate card.
- Go to the menu. Next, select Book Appointment and then Booking an appointment for influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations. You can only book an appointment in your own health station area.
- In the next section, select which vaccination you would like to book an appointment for. The options are Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination, Influenza vaccination and COVID-19 vaccination. Please check whether you are eligible for the vaccinations before booking your appointment.
- Select the unit at which you want to have an appointment. You will see either the units offering vaccinations in your local health station area or your own maternity and child health clinic.
- Choose a time that suits you from the options provided.
- Finally, click the Verify appointment button.
- You can find the details of your upcoming appointment on the Events page of Maisa.
Children under the age of 12 cannot book an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination via Maisa; instead, you must book the appointment by telephone through the centralised vaccination booking service of the school or maternity and child health clinic.
Children over 10 years of age can use Maisa with their own login details.
Please note! You can act on behalf of your child in Maisa. You can also act on behalf of an adult relative if the relative has authorised you to do so. Read more about acting on behalf of your child or relative at health stations
- Call +358 9 310 463 00
- Open: Mon–Fri 8.00–16.00
There is no callback feature in the phone service.
Please note! You can act on behalf of your child by phone. You can also act on behalf of an adult relative if you have been authorised to do so in writing. Read more about acting on behalf of your child or relative at health stations
Vaccinations in hospitals, care homes for older people, home care, maternity and child health clinics, and school and student health care
Helsinki City Hospitals, senior centres, service homes, maternity and child health clinics, schools and educational institutions are responsible for the vaccinations of their own clients. Home care will vaccinate those home care clients and people receiving informal care who are unable to visit a health station to be vaccinated.
- The wards at Helsinki City Hospital, senior centres and service homes in Helsinki will handle the vaccination of their own clients.
- Home care clients who are unable to visit a health station to be vaccinated will receive their vaccination through home care. Their informal caregivers may also receive the vaccine at the same time if they belong to a target group for vaccination. Home care will also vaccinate those receiving informal care who are not registered as home care clients and who are unable to visit a health station to be vaccinated. If necessary, please contact your client advisor.Home care will contact its clients and organise the vaccinations, including for clients of outsourced home care services.
- This group will receive their vaccinations in October–November 2026.
- We will vaccinate maternity and child health clinic clients who are in a target group for COVID-19 vaccinations centrally at the Kamppi Maternity and Child Health Clinic.
- You can only book an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccination by telephone. You can book an appointment via the maternity and child health clinic’s telephone service from 7 October 2026 onwards, tel. +358 9 310 555 30, Mon–Fri 8.00–14.00.
Students eligible for COVID-19 vaccination can enquire about vaccination appointments from 19 October onwards with the school nurse at their own educational institution.
- Schoolchildren eligible for COVID-19 vaccination will be vaccinated at the Centralised Unit of School Health Care.
- For more information, please contact the school nurse of your school.