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CROWN MEASURES: Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Health Minister Bent Høie held a press conference on Monday on the continuation of the crown measures in Norway. They said here that people will probably have to prepare for some form of infection control measures towards the summer, and maybe longer. Photo: Lise Åserud, NTB
For the first time since December 12, the infection trend in the country is declining, according to VG estimates.
383 new cases of coronavirus were registered in Norway on Monday.
This is 72 cases less than the average of the previous seven days, which is 455. Last Monday there were 431 cases of contagion in Norway, while on Sunday there were 206 cases.
On the night of Tuesday, January 19, VG’s summary shows that Norway is again on a downward trend in infection, just over two weeks after the government adopted new and stricter measures after a confusing infection situation. In Christmas.
From November 19 to December 21, the trend for infection in Norway was downward or flat. Since then, the infection trend has been on the rise, with the exception of December 26, through January 14, before, according to VG’s calculations, it flattens out again on January 15.
A total of 59,034 cases of infection have been confirmed in Norway since the start of the pandemic.
Deputy Health Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad told NRK’s Nyhetsmorgen on Monday morning that the arrows in Norway are pointing in the right direction:
– In many of the quite populated municipalities and that in November and December have had a high pressure of contagion, where the arrows now point downwards. It is very gratifying to see, because there are municipalities that have struggled to stop the infection (it has spread from one group to another for many weeks) and now the arrows are pointing in the right direction.
Despite the fact that the infection trend in the country is decreasing according to VG calculations, it continues to increase in 30 municipalities. Among them is Bergen, Larvik, Eidsvoll, Tromsø and Verdal.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg declared at a press conference on Monday that the government will continue to raise the level of national measures in the near future.
– We recommend that social contact is limited, that people have no more than five guests other than home, he said, among other things, and asked people to prepare for the fact that there will probably be infection control measures towards the summer, and maybe more.
– In the last two months, the number of hospital admissions and the number of patients receiving ventilator treatment have remained fairly stable, although we have seen a moderate increase recently. But we know that it can change quickly.
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However, the government offered some relief to children and young people: infection control in upper secondary schools and upper secondary schools was lowered to a yellow level, and children and young people under the age of 20 can be trained and participate in activities. leisure normally.
Wondering what measures apply where you live? See VG’s overview of all measures in Norwegian municipalities here.
