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The Trondheim Municipality recommends face masks at peak times and wants tighter control at the entrance, but is waiting with new orders until we have received new national measures.
Mayor Rita Ottervik says the development they see in the township now requires two things from the people of Trondheim:
– First, we must be very clear that the infection control advice is being followed. Next, we need to make sure to stop the infection where it came from. Now we see that we have a lot of infection from the red earth, so we have to push ourselves there, Ottervik initially said at the press conference on Tuesday morning.
– We must be more strict at the border. Now it is serious, emphasizes the mayor.
Recent figures from Trondheim show that the municipality has 12 new people infected in the last 24 hours.
– We will introduce mandatory bandages on the airport bus and stricter monitoring for foreign travelers, including those coming in transit from Oslo, he says.
The mayor notes, among other things, that it will be important to ensure that national quarantine requirements are met for travelers from red countries, and that the information is available to those arriving in the country who do not speak Norwegian.
Waiting for new measures
On Monday, Trondheim City Manager Morten Wolden expressed concern that the people of Trøndelag did not follow national measures, at the same time that infection was increasing.
He announced that the municipality is now considering introducing new local measures this week.
However, during today’s press conference, the municipality of Trondheim stated that they are waiting to introduce local measures until the government has presented new national measures this week.
Recommend avoiding public transport
In Trondheim around 90,000 trips are made by public transport in the course of one day, and now everyone in the municipalities is encouraged to thoroughly assess whether the trip is absolutely necessary.
In addition, the encouragement from the municipality is to spread the rush hour traffic, traveling at other times and consider other ways of traveling.
The distance when boarding and disembarking also encourages the municipality to ensure a good space between each individual.
TIGHTEN TO THE BORDER: Much of the infection in Trondheim can be traced back to immigrants from red countries. Now the mayor will work to ensure that more people are screened at the border and that quarantine rules are followed. Photo: Geir Otto Johansen, VG
Call for a national airport testing system
City Manager Morten Wolden is concerned about the situation we see today.
– This is a worrying fact, even though we have low figures compared to Oslo and Bergen.
He believes that external infections are the most important thing for the municipality to address now.
– A significant proportion of the infection in Norway is a foreign infection. Many people who come from red countries require a legal basis to be tested. The figures show that on average 65 percent of those who come to Værnes voluntarily test themselves, Wolden notes, adding:
– It’s not good enough. We need a national system, linked to the legal authority to carry out tests at airports, he says, among other things.
In recent days, he has been in contact with, among others, the municipality of Stjørdal and Avninor about import infections and testing regimes of those entering the airport.
– The municipality of Stjørdal has contacted the airlines flying to Værnes for a stronger recommendation that those arriving at the airport undergo testing and an explanation of where the tests are performed, says Wolden.
YOU MUST ACT: Tove Røsstad, the municipal chief physician, said today that she is concerned that the infection could escalate further if action is not taken now. Photo: Håvard Haugseth Jensen, Adresseavisen
Municipal chief doctor: – We have control
The municipal chief doctor, Tove Røsstad, also expresses concern that the infection has increased.
It points to the increase between week 32 and week 44, where the weekly number of infections has gone from 32 to 60.
– We will continue to say that we are in control, but we see a growing trend towards unknown infection routes. We also see that many of those who have been infected can be traced back to infections that come from abroad.
– This is a reason to tighten the rules we have now.
MORE STRICT AT THE BORDER: On Monday, Municipal Director Wolden told VG that they will focus on stopping the infection from the outside, among other things, by analyzing various measures at the airport. Photo: Gorm Kallestad, NTB
