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There were 16 new cases of infection in Stavanger on Wednesday and eight cases the day before.
For cities like Oslo and Bergen, such a low number would be almost like Christmas Eve, but in the oil city we have to go back to the first half of November to find such “high” infection rates.
Four of the new cases are taxi drivers where the source of infection is unknown, reports the municipality of Stavanger on its website.
“I am not particularly concerned”
Runar Johannessen, chief doctor for infection control in Stavanger, says they are closely monitoring the increase in infections in the region in recent days, but are not particularly concerned about the situation.
– We have been with us for a long period with almost no contagion, and it was really surprising in such a densely populated region, considering the increased pressure of contagion in the rest of the country. Not surprisingly, Stavanger also gets a few clumps of infections from time to time. We have a good testability and we can handle this well, says Johannessen.
Recently, four taxi drivers have been infected in Stavanger and the source of the infection is unknown.
Photo: Ole-Andrè Lagmandokk
The director of infection control says he is on guard when multiple people infected with an unknown source of infection are discovered in a specific occupational group that knows many people, in this case the taxi industry.
– We want to intensify contact with the taxi industry to make sure that drivers are quickly examined for symptoms and that they do not report to work if they are not healthy, he says.
Registration system
Johannessen says that he will consider day by day whether tighter restrictions will be introduced in the taxi industry.
– Among other things, we have talked about a passenger registration system just like for restaurants. This may make it easier to detect the infection, he says.
Johannessen also believes that both passengers and drivers should consider masks, as there is little space in a taxi.
“Very worrying development”
Mayor Kari Nessa Nordtun in Stavanger believes the development of the infection is “very worrying at this time”
Write this on the municipality’s website.
