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– The population is incredibly good at following the advice of the health authorities, thank you very much, Health Director Bjørn Guldvog during today’s press conference.
Guldvog referred to the health authority’s population survey showing that 2 out of 3 Norwegians support the government’s infection control measures.
The survey also shows that:
- 9 out of 10 say they follow infection control advice
- 9 out of 10 believe it is important to have a symptom test
- 8 in 10 say they will stay home if they are sick, even with mild symptoms
Limit close contacts
He believes the survey shows that Norwegians are motivated to live with the measures in the pandemic over time.
At the same time, the survey shows that one in three has trouble keeping a distance of one meter in everyday life. Guldvog reminds the population that the number of close contacts must be limited.
– The message is quite simple: if you come into contact with someone who is infected, so do your other close contacts. If you become infected, all of your close contacts must be quarantined and may become ill.
High: close contacts are more contagious
Health Minister Bent Høie (H) believes that the meaning of the word close contact has recently changed. They are also the most infectious, not the strangers.
Health Minister Bent Høie asks people to think about how many people are in close contact.
Photography: Stian Lysberg Solum / Stian Lysberg Solum
– During the corona pandemic, we have been given a separate definition of close contacts. There are people with whom you are in physical contact, with whom you sit within two meters for at least 15 minutes, and there are people with whom you have shared bodily fluids such as saliva or snot, Høie said during the corona press conference.
He encouraged people to think carefully about who they are in close contact with, because it is close contacts that infect the majority of people with the coronavirus.
– The fewer close contacts you have, the lower the risk that I and my close contacts will infect us, Høie said.
Will consider new measures in Oslo
In a short time, the city council will consider further measures in Oslo, according to Høie.
– There is very close contact between the national authorities and the municipality of Oslo. I am informed that the city council will consider new measures in a very short time based both on its own evaluations and on the evaluations it receives from the national health authorities, Høie said at the government’s crown press conference on Wednesday.
The Health Minister further said that it is too early to draw a final conclusion, but there have been positive signs recently regarding the infection situation in the capital.
It is the Oslo City Council that decides what measures will be applied in the capital.
Relaxed in national measures
Just over a week ago, the government relaxed national infection control measures. They stopped drinking at midnight, gave grassroots sports the green light for adults to start over, and paved the way for 600 people to gather for outdoor events.
The Oslo City Council decided last Monday that anyone traveling by tram, bus, subway, train or boat through the capital must wear a mask if they cannot stay at least one meter away from other passengers. The precautionary measure lasts until October 13.
On the same day, Health Minister Bent Høie asked 19 municipalities in the capital to tighten the crown’s rules. The rules vary from one municipality to another.
