FINENTRY guides people travelling to Finland during pandemic

FINENTRY.fi will be deployed at the ports of Helsinki and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on Thursday, said the Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) in a press release.

The service provides people planning to travel to Finland with the latest instructions and guides them to coronavirus testing on a case-by-case basis.

FINENTRY is a service that lets incoming travellers review travel instructions before or during their trip, book an appointment for a coronavirus test in Finland, and receive instructions for coming to their tests as well as disseminate the test results to them by text messages.

The service is continually updated to reflect the guidelines of the Finnish authorities and ensures access to the latest instructions in several different languages.

The service is currently available in Finnish, Swedish and English, and more languages will be gradually added in the future. The service works on mobile phones and browsers, and using it is voluntary and free of charge.

“FINENTRY provides guidance on the appropriate measures and, if necessary, directs travellers to a coronavirus test based on their country of departure and a personalised survey,” said Helsinki University Hospital’s Chief Physician Asko Järvinen.

FINENTRY has been developed under the direction of the Coordination Group for the Coronavirus Testing of Incoming Travellers, which includes representatives from the following operators: HUS, the cities of Helsinki and Vantaa, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland, Finnish Customs, Traficom, the Finnish Border Guard, Eksote, and Kymsote.