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Innlandet Hospital, Gjøvik Department Photo: Frode Hansen, VG
Gjøvik kindergartens and schools go from yellow to red. On Sunday 1165 people from the municipality are in quarantine.
The municipality reports on its website that crisis management had a meeting on Sunday evening and that the kindergartens reduced opening hours after seven new cases of infection were recorded on Sunday. Also in Hamar, crisis management has met.
– There are now 1,165 people under quarantine in Gjøvik, says municipal chief doctor Siri Fuglem Berg to VG. This is because three grade levels in upper secondary school and several classes in upper secondary school, as well as a cohort in a kindergarten, are in quarantine. There is also a room in a kindergarten, plus some who are quarantined after leisure activities and training in the gym. Some jobs are also affected.
On Sunday, seven new cases of infection were confirmed in the municipality of Gjøvik. Six of those infected are people under 20 years of age.
– The new cases that have arrived in recent days are limited to the environments that we know before. It doesn’t seem to extend beyond those settings, Berg says.
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He claims that the youngest who got infected on Sunday is of kindergarten age.
– But most of the people who are positive today did not have symptoms and therefore the probability of infecting others is also lower. We expect little infection among children in school and kindergarten, Berg says, adding that it appears that it is adults who infect children.
Kindergartens have reduced hours again. The kindergartens are open from 07: 30-16: 00, indicates the municipality.
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Vardal ungdomsskole will remain closed until November 2, once infection has been demonstrated in all stages. All students are in quarantine.
At Gjøvik Upper Secondary School, a class was quarantined.
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The municipality encourages all grassroots sports to avoid training where it is not possible to maintain a minimum distance of one meter. This applies to sports for children, youth and adults. Elite sports are excluded.
This means red level, according to the municipality:
- No sick person should attend school, after school or kindergarten
- Good hygiene and improved cleanliness
- Avoid physical contact between staff and, where possible, divide students and children into smaller groups with normal adults
- Ensure the distance between cohorts that do not cooperate
- Separate areas in the schoolyard for different classes / cohorts during free minutes and breaks.
- Opportunity for reduced offerings and alternate attendance hours at school, SFO and kindergarten.
- Students who go to OFS have their own packed lunch.
