The government is continuing most of the countermeasures that have been put in place following the detection of a mutant virus in Nordre Follo and Halden.
- The infection situation is confusing and is developing rapidly. More infectious variants of the virus are constantly being detected, and there is an unknown route for transmission to a few infected. Therefore, the measures are largely continued, says Health Minister Bent Høie (H).
Today's measures are valid until Wednesday. The most important changes that followed were the transfer of Nordre Follo and Ås from Ring 1 to Ring 2, and lightening the level of restriction. Enebakk, Frogn, Nesodden and Vestby are excluded from the scheme through reinforced national measures and have discretion at local level.
The Norwegian Health Directorate recommends the continuation of Ring 1 activities in Oslo, Halden and Sarpsborg
The Norwegian Health Directorate recommends that the government continue to tackle the coronavirus in Oslo, Halden and Sarpsborg, as well as in 17 municipalities through so-called ring measures 2.
The management continues to recommend the strictest measures (ring 1) in Oslo, Halden and Sarpsborg.
In addition, 2 ring restrictions in Nordre Follo, Ås, Asker, Bærum, Indre Østfold, Hvaler, Fredrikstad, Moss, Rakkestad, Råde, Skiptvet, Våler, Lillestrøm, Lunner, Lørenskog, Rælingen, Nittedal are recommended.
We release the restrictions outside the measurement rings in Enebakk, Nesodden, Frogn, Vestby.
- The Norwegian Health Directorate believes that there is still a need to take measures at this level for Oslo, based on the contamination situation. However, the city of Oslo has seen a positive development in infection pressure and the infection data show a downward trend.
Restrictions, that apply in the ring communes 1:
Red level in schools and kindergartens
Digital teaching in upper secondary and higher schools
All events outside the home are prohibited, both indoors and outdoors, except for funerals and burials.
It is not allowed to organize sports activities for adults and children.
A home office for all who can.
All stores and department stores must be closed, except for grocery stores, pharmacies, and Vinmonopolet, among others
Restaurants must be closed
Gyms are closed
More than 400 cases of the coronavirus mutation have spread to 44 municipalities
A mutation of the British virus has spread throughout the country. Currently, 400 cases of mutations of the virus have been detected in 44 municipalities.
- We consider it likely that the English variant will dominate all or part of the country within weeks or months. Says the director of the Line Vold department at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in a press release.
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There were 134 known cases of the British mutation of the virus in Oslo on Monday. This commune has the most cases. Helse Bergen, which covers 18 municipalities, reports that one of the three discovered cases is the British mutation.
In other municipalities where outbreaks have also occurred, the number of new infections seems to have decreased sharply in recent days, which may indicate that they have been controlled or are in the process of being infected. An example is Fredrikstad, where there were nine cases with the British variant.
The chairman of Oslo city council says there is a limit to how long the strict measures can last. Because infection rates are currently low in Oslo. He also says that the people of Oslo cannot have very strict measures to be on the safe side.
