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– We will circumvent the regulations by making registration on the bus voluntary, says the emergency manager in the Kristiansand municipality, Sigurd Paulsen.
The background is what happened last week.
The infection was then detected in seven out of a group of eight traveling, who had been on a trip to Hovden in Setesdal.
The concern was great when it was revealed that they also took a bus to Kristiansand on Sunday, March 14. It is a bus trip that lasts about four hours.
Track difficult infections
For the municipality of Kristiansand, it was urgent to find the others who were on the bus and who may have been exposed to the infection.
They knew there were about 64 passengers, but not who they were.
The reason is that AKT has a ticket system that relies on customers being able to travel anonymously.
– Privacy is strong in Norway, and we must relate to that, says Agder Public Transport (AKT) CEO Siv Wiken.
The lack of a name made the infection trail demanding and it took time to find the passengers, who had to be quarantined and examined.
After the incident, the Kristiansand Municipality wanted to do something about it.
Now they have provided a system where you can scan a QR code to register as a passenger.
The solution of scanning the QR code on the bus will be similar to the scheme that many restaurants have with registration today.
Photograph: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / NRK
Entered in a single line
The week at AKT welcomes the scheme.
– We are very happy that the municipality comes up with a better solution than the one we have. We will do what we can to implement this in a good way.
She says this will only get on the line between Kristiansand and Hovden.
– The reason is that this is a long journey where passengers sit together for a long time.
AKT CEO Siv Wiken encourages passengers to check in with a QR code, because she believes it will contribute to fast and proper infection tracking.
Photograph: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / NRK
– a good measure
Mohannad Albakkar, who lives in Hovden and has taken the bus to Kristiansand, likes what he hears about the QR code.
– It is a good measure that gives you better control of the infection, he says.
Albakkar had to get a coronal test himself after the recent outbreak of infection on the bus.
Mohannad Albakkar, who had to test himself after the outbreak on the bus, believes that it is good that the voluntary registration is entered with a QR code.
Photo: Hanne Rebecca Nilsen / NRK
Six infected travel companions
A week after the bus trip with eight infected people, another six passengers tested positive. In addition, five close contacts have been diagnosed with an infection.
– 12 out of 19 mutated British viruses have been confirmed, says Kristiansand Township Communications Manager Ingunn Kvivik.
He says that they have not yet received a response to all the samples that have been taken.
In addition to the 19 infected in Kristiansand, a case of infection in the municipality of Valle may also be related to this outbreak. The person in question has also been diagnosed with a mutated British virus.
