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TRAINING STOP: Bergen is tightening. Photo: Marianne Løvland / NTB
The Bergen City Council decided Saturday that all gyms in the city must close. The municipality announces it in a press release.
The closure comes on suspicion of spreading the coronavirus infection in a double-digit number of gyms in the municipality. The student community and the denominations of the municipality are also affected.
The closure applies in the first instance from Sunday, March 28 at 07:00 to Wednesday, March 31 inclusive. On Tuesday, the city council will reconsider the measures and make a decision on whether they are strict enough or should be tougher.
– We have not been able to map the spread and to limit a possible further spread of the infection, all gyms in Bergen must be closed, says health advisor Beate Husa in the press release.
– We have an ongoing outbreak among students and in a gym where we know that there has been infection between people. When we track this down, we see that they’ve been to quite a few gyms in the city, says Egil Bovim, an assistant infection control physician at VG.
– We have to clear this up and stop the spread, so now we keep the gyms closed for a couple of days, he adds.
– How many are infected?
– We are constantly getting new numbers, but what we have from the infection among students and in gyms now is on the order of more than 50, says Bovim.
The municipality of Bergen currently has an increasing infection trend, although infection rates in the city have not seen significant growth since a major infection spike in November.
The new outbreak, which the municipality has not yet mapped, is said to be caused by infection with the British mutation of the virus. This variety is much more contagious and spreads more easily.
Councilor Roger Valhammer notes in the same press release that the city has yet to receive a major third wave of infection.
– Now we are working hard to prevent it and we hope that this measure will contribute to it, he says.
