Appointment booking for a coronavirus test
Please seek to coronavirus testing, if you meet the criteria listed on this page.
From the 1st of January 2023, coronavirus testing is done at Soite’s test stations only on medical grounds. Testing is only done after an assessment done by a professional in the health care services. A client must contact his/her own health care station. You can also assess your symptoms and contact us via the Omaolo-service online.
If you have no underlying diseases and have mild symptoms in the airways and your general condition is good, it is usually not necessary for you to contact the health care services or to seek out coronavirus testing in the health care services. You can do a home test if you have symptoms of an infection in the airways, i.e. a fever, a runny nose or a cough. For more information, see instructions for when you suspect a coronavirus infection.
When should you seek out coronavirus testing in Soite?
Adults who are ill should seek out coronavirus testing in Soite if they:
- have serious symptoms
- belong to a risk group
- are pregnant
- work in social or health care.
A coronavirus test performed by Soite is justified for a child over the age of 12 if s/he has severe symptoms that fit the coronavirus or if s/he belongs to a risk group of a serious coronavirus disease.
Always contact Soite without delay if your condition requires it.
Contact by phone
By phone:
A professional in Soite assesses your need of care by phone. If needed, we will ask you to come to a reception and for coronavirus testing.
- Your health care clinic
- Medical helpline, call 116 117 (Open 24/7)
- The paediatric emergency clinic (lasten päivystys), call +358 6 826 4444 (Open 24/7)
Adults, persons over the age of 15 who have become ill:
- Call the coronavirus helpline. The helpline is open Monday to Thursday from 8 AM to 4 PM and on Fridays from 8 AM to 2 PM.
- If you require urgent care, call the medical helpline 116 117.
Persons under the age of 16 who have become ill:
- Call Soite’s paediatric emergency clinic (lasten päivystys/barnakuten). Open 24/7.
Booking an appointment online:
After you have filled in the coronavirus symptom checker in the Omaolo service, you will get advice on how to act. The advice is based on your answers.
Coronavirus testing
Coronavirus testing is done at the health care clinics and at the emergency clinic.
The results from a coronavirus test in the Kanta service
If you have been in a coronavirus test in Soite, you can get a text message on your mobile phone when the results has come. A separate consent is needed for this. You can activate the consent for receiving text messages in DigiSoite’s My Healthcare service. You will find the consent for receiving text messages under “Contact info”. If you wish to receive text messages, please check both of the boxes about text messages.
We recommend that you also check your other information in the My Healthcare service to make sure it is up to date.
The test results can also be checked in the Kanta service, or you can contact your own health care station to ask about the results. The results from a coronavirus test come back in 1–2 days.
If your health gets worse, call Soite’s common emergency clinic, 116 117 (persons who have turned 16) or the paediatric emergency clinic, 06 826 4444 (persons who have not yet turned 16). Please mention during the call that a coronavirus test has been taken.
Service points:
The drive-in-testing site in Kokkola
Mariankatu 28, 67200 Kokkola
Drive in from Terveystie