17.8.2021 Kankaanpää

A student from both the Sataedu Kankaanpää unit and Kankaanpää upper secondary school (a total of 2 students) has been diagnosed with coronavirus infection today. The infections are related to the same infection chain, which in turn is linked to two other mass exposures in Kankaanpää, according to current information.

The number of those exposed is being investigated and, as a precautionary measure, students whose contacts with those infected have been sent home from educational institutions are still being investigated. PoSa's infection tracing is currently congested due to several mass exposures, but efforts will be made to contact the students in question during tomorrow. Students are asked to self-quarantine at home and wait
Contact PoSa. Persons identified as close contacts will be placed in official quarantine (10 days).

Those in self-quarantine are asked to stay at home and to take care of any necessary business outside the home, following safety instructions (safety distances, disinfection, masks).

Infectious disease authorities