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The infection has spread in Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad. More than 200 people have tested positive and several thousand are in quarantine.
Sarpsborg Municipality believes that a group of 170 people started the outbreak. The municipality has chosen to denounce those who organized the parties.
Sadiq Baker Alezairjawi is among the organizers. He denies that they violated infection control rules, but is very sorry for the aftermath of the holidays.
– I am very sorry for what has happened and we apologize for the damage we have caused to society, says Alezairjawi
It was in this building that more than a hundred people gathered to celebrate a Muslim holiday.
Photo: Tor René Stryger / NRK
Nakstad disagrees with the review
Deputy Health Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad believes it goes against his purpose.
– We have no desire for there to be police cases in the wake of these outbreaks. It is important for people to report the infection without fear of being reported to the police, Nakstad says.
He fears that such a strong reaction could scare people into not reporting a possible infection. Or that people are ashamed of being infected.
Health and Care Minister Bent Høie also believes that people should not be ashamed. He says in an interview with Ole Torp that shame is the virus’s best friend.
– Non-legal meeting rooms
At least one person who participated in the events must have been infected with the coronavirus.
– It is also a fact that the facilities in Oldtidsveien in Skjeberg where the celebration took place are not legal meeting rooms, says Martinsen-Evje.
They have recently settled in Skjeberg and are said to have started rebuilding the assembly hall without requesting permission from the municipality. The municipality became aware of this for the first time on July 30 of this year.
– The municipality issued an order to halt the construction works in progress. On August 5, the municipality received a request for a change of use, but the request was deficient and therefore is still being processed.
At the end of August, the municipality was informed that the building was still in use.
2,500 quarantined
Almost 2,500 people are now under quarantine in the two towns of Østfold. More than 200 people have been diagnosed with the infection since last Tuesday.
The outbreak has affected schools, kindergartens and health institutions. Grålum ungdomsskole in Sarpsborg is closed. The reason is so many teachers are quarantined that students must be homeschooled.
Health director Bjørn Guldvog said on Saturday that he is concerned about the outbreak.
