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Blast for the Norwegian soccer team: On Friday it became known that team player Omar Elabdellaoui had tested positive for Covid-19, meaning the entire team must be quarantined for ten days. At a meeting on Saturday morning, the Norwegian Health Directorate announced that the national team would violate quarantine rules, and thus Norwegian law, if the team boarded the plane bound for Bucharest to play in the UEFA Nations. League. So the guest performance in Vienna next Wednesday is also on the brink. The international friendly match against Israel last week had already been canceled hours before the start of Wednesday night on the advice of the authorities.
The association decided on Saturday morning to postpone the departure to Bucharest. The NFF believes that the regulations did not take into account situations such as the Norwegian team, arguing that the consequences of not playing are great for all of Norwegian football. With a renewed application to the Ministry of Health, they tried to obtain a travel permit.
“Considerable risk”
Jakob Linhave, Director of the Ministry of Environment and Health, emphasized the “significant risk of transporting the team to Romania. The entire team is in quarantine after close contact with a colleague who tested positive on November 12, 2020.” “
“Although other players tested negative before their planned departure to Romania, the tests here were only carried out shortly after exposure. Therefore, there is a risk that close contacts who test negative are still infected.” Linhave said. “Therefore, the players of the team could continue to be exposed to infections and there is also a risk of infection for the players of the Romanian national team.”
