Seasonal Vaccinations in the Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County

Page updated on 31 August 2026

The Western Uusimaa Wellbeing Services County conducts COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations in the autumn 2025 in accordance with recommendations from the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL).

We provide vaccinations in our various services: at health stations, maternity and child health clinics, student health care, home care, disability services housing service units and care homes.

• over 75-year-olds
• individuals with severe immunodeficiency

Appointment booking begins: Wednesday 23 September 2026
Vaccination begins: Wednesday 7 October 2026

• pregnant individuals and persons living in the same household with them,
• everyone aged 65 or over,
• children under 7 years of age and family members living in the same household as babies under 6 months old,
• persons starting their compulsory or voluntary military service,
• persons who live in housing units or stay for long periods in institutional conditions, including prisons and reception centres,
• social welfare, healthcare and pharmaceutical service personnel, and
• persons at risk due to illness or treatment (THL; in Finnish),(external link)
• those with close to individuals highly vulnerable to severe influenza (THL; in Finnish).(external link)

If you are not eligible for a free influenza vaccine

If you are not in a risk group or in close contact with someone who is, you can still get vaccinated at your own cost. Many employers also offer influenza vaccinations to their employees. Should you need a prescription for an influenza vaccine, you can request one at the digital clinic in Lunna. If you cannot make the request online, you can ask for the prescription by phone. Leave a callback request for your own health station and select ‘vaccinations’. Once you have received the prescription, book an appointment for the vaccination, purchase the vaccine from the pharmacy and bring it with you to your scheduled vaccination appointment. Remember to ensure that the vaccine is stored properly refrigerated before your vaccination appointment.

Please cancel your appointment by 12:00 on the working day prior to your appointment. Please note that for those aged 18 and above, a fee of EUR 56.70 will be charged for unused and uncancelled appointments.

Cancelling an appointment in Lunna

• You can cancel appointments you have booked yourself via Lunna and other appointments booked for you in accordance with LUVN’s cancellation terms, if an active Cancel appointment button is displayed in the booking.
• In the Lunna application, the appointment to be cancelled can be found under: My details, Appointments.
• In the Lunna.fi online service, you can find appointments that can be cancelled under My events. Scroll through the list until you find the correct appointment.

You can also cancel your appointment by phone.

• Cancelling an appointment at a health station
• Cancelling maternity or child health clinic appointment
• Cancelling an appointment with student health care

You can make an appointment for a seasonal vaccination in Lunna or by phone. It is not possible to make an appointment at the patient office of the health centre. Refer to the municipal menu for municipality-specific appointment booking instructions.

Appointment booking for influenza vaccinations at maternity and child health clinics starts on Wednesday, 7 October 2026. 

Maternity and child health clinics only provide influenza vaccinations, and COVID-19 vaccinations are available at health stations.

Appointments for influenza vaccinations at maternity and child health clinics can be booked by pregnant individuals, their family members, under 7-year-old children as well as the family members of under 6-month-old babies. 

You can book a vaccination appointment at the digital clinic for maternity and child health clinic services in Lunna(external link) or by phone. You can leave a callback request in the telephone service of the maternity and child health clinic at 029 151 2400, weekdays from 9.00 to 12.00.

School nurses will provide further information about influenza vaccinations at schools through Wilma.

A free seasonal influenza vaccine in school and student healthcare is available to

• those belonging to risk groups because of a medical condition or treatment (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare; in Finnish)(external link)
• persons with close contact to individuals highly vulnerable to severe influenza (THL; in Finnish)(external link).

Vaccination appointments are booked with your school nurse via Lunna or by phone.

If your child belongs to the COVID-19 risk group (i.e. is a person with severe immunodeficiency; Read more in Finnish: Who has severe immunodeficiency?(external link)) and is about to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, we kindly ask you to book a vaccination appointment at a health station following the instructions below.

• Children under the age of 12 are vaccinated at the health stations in Tapiola and Lohja. Book your appointment with Tapiola Health Station or Lohja Central Health Station. 
• Children aged 12 to 17 are vaccinated at their own health station. Appointments are booked by phone or at the digital clinic in Lunna. 

You can find the contact details of our health stations under Appointment booking for COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations at health stations.

Elderly nursing home residents and clients receiving home will be vaccinated on-site. Clients in short-term round-the-clock service housing will be vaccinated, as a rule, during a home care visit or at their own health station.

No booked appointment is needed for vaccinations conducted at home or in a care home. You can find more information about vaccinations from the home care or nursing home staff.

If you live in a round-the-clock housing service unit (24-hour service housing), you will be informed about seasonal vaccination in your housing unit. You can get more information about seasonal vaccinations and how they are arranged from your own residential unit.

During the influenza season 2026–2027, the vaccination programme offers:

• the injectable Influvac vaccine to all age groups
• the injectable Fluad vaccine to all individuals over 85-year-olds and ove 50-year-olds individuals with severe immunodeficiency
• the Fluenz nasal spray vaccine to 2–6-year-olds.

Read more on the website of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare(external link) (in Finnish)

• Please come to the vaccination only if you are healthy.
• Arrive at the vaccination site as close to your scheduled time as possible to avoid overcrowding.
• Maintain good hand hygiene.
• Have your Kela card ready.
• Dress in a way that makes it easy to expose your upper arm for the vaccination.  

A separate appointment must be booked for each person for vaccination.

You can use Lunna on behalf of another person if

• you are the guardian of a child under the age of 18, or
• you have been granted Suomi.fi e-Authorizations to manage both social welfare and healthcare matters.

See the instructions: Lunna – digital services

Read about acting on behalf of another person: Acting on behalf of another person in health and social services