Risk groups

This page provides information about who is eligible to receive the influenza vaccination and the coronavirus vaccination in fall & winter 2024.

The influenza vaccine will be given to

  • Individuals aged 65 and above
  • Expectant individuals
  • Children under the age of 7
  • Those who belong to high-risk groups due to illness or treatment
  • Individuals starting military service or voluntary military service
  • Personnel working in health and social services, as well as pharmaceutical sectors (vaccination through occupational health services)
  • Close contacts of individuals highly susceptible to severe influenza.

N.B.! If you wish to get vaccinated against influenza but are not covered by the vaccination recommendation, you can get the vaccination from a private clinic, occupational health care or pharmacy.

If you wish to get the enhanced Fluad tetra influenza vaccine but you do not belong to the group to which the enhanced influenza vaccine is given free of charge based on THL’s recommendation, you can request the vaccine at a private clinic. The vaccine is given to people aged 85 and over and people aged 50 and over with severe immune insufficiency.

Click here to read more about the influenza vaccinations (THL)
Click here for a more detailed description of close contacts (THL, in Finnish).

The COVID-19 vaccine will be given to

Individuals under the age of 65 who do not have underlying medical conditions making them vulnerable to severe COVID-19 do not need to receive a booster dose. The previously recommended three vaccinations together with contracted infections, offer an effective protection against severe coronavirus disease.