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The total number of infections now stands at 66 infected in Sarpsborg and 137 in Fredrikstad.
Nearly 1,000 people were quarantined in Fredrikstad on Saturday night, NTB was reported, while Sarpsborg’s number was 500 on Saturday. In both places, the eruption of the crown is linked to a Muslim celebration in Skjeberg last week.
– The five cases of infection on Sunday can be attributed to this outbreak, communications manager E claim A. Fjellstad in Fredrikstad municipality told NTB.
Do not turn off
In Sarpsborg, municipal chief physician Karianne Jenseg Bergman answers the question of whether the closure may be relevant:
– It is the municipal management that makes such decisions based on professional advice. But so far it has not been necessary. As long as we have control over the transmission routes, we implement targeted measures with the quarantine of close contacts, says the municipal chief.
In Sarpsborg, an infection detection team of 25 people, in addition to the six municipal chief doctors, is in the process of tracking those infected and their close contacts, in close collaboration with the National Institute of Public Health and the municipality of Fredrikstad.
Basically, there are three infection detectives and a municipal chief doctor on duty every day, and the need for more is continually assessed.
– First we call the positives, and then their close contacts. Our impression is that those we call are honest and want to help, and are grateful that we call. They want to help stop the spread of the infection, City Chief Jenseg Bergman tells NTB.
Nor in Fredrikstad
Fredrikstad Mayor Jon-Ivar Nygård told NTB that closing the municipality is not relevant as of today.
– No, as long as we have a complete picture of the cases of infection, it is not a relevant measure. For this we have the support of the National Institute of Public HealthNygård says, but emphasizes that if you see the infection being released more in society, there will be a new assessment.
The municipality evaluates the contagion situation and measures hour by hour, day by day. On Sunday afternoon, the closure is not considered relevant. Instead, they focus on testing, infection detection, quarantine, and isolation.
