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On Monday afternoon at 4:00 p.m., the government will hold a press conference on the situation of the crown in Norway. On Friday, Erna Solberg announced that the government will introduce new national measures against the spread of covid-19 in Norway.
The press conference will be attended by Solberg, the Minister for Health and Care Services, Bent Høie, the Minister for Education and Integration, Guri Melby, and the Minister for Children and Family Affairs, Kjell Ingolf Ropstad. Also present will be Health Director Bjørn Guldvog and Director Camilla Stoltenberg of the National Institute of Public Health.
At 2:00 p.m., the Oslo City Council will offer a press conference where they will report on the situation of the crown. The municipality has stated in a press release that City Council leader Raymond Johansen and other relevant city leaders will be present.
Discussions
Health Minister Bent Høie confirmed to Dagbladet on Friday that the government began discussing new national measures on Thursday last week and that discussions continued on Friday. Solberg stated that the decision is due to disturbing trends in Europe and Norway.
– This is something that we started discussing as early as Thursday, and discussions continued on Friday, Health Minister Bent Høie told Dagbladet.
– The reason for this decision is that at the beginning of the week we saw positive trends indicating a decrease in the spread of the infection both nationally and locally, which has reversed towards the end of the week. We have seen an increase in admissions, a higher frequency of local outbreaks, we also learn from what is happening in the countries around us.
Reopening
The Government has asked the National Institute of Public Health and the Norwegian Health Directorate to provide advice on specific measures that can be put in place to prevent Norway from being as badly hit as other European countries.
On Friday, it had not yet been decided what measures will be introduced, other than targeting situations that present a particular risk of spreading the infection.
As recently as October 12, the government relaxed national measures. The national bar stop ended, up to 600 participants in three cohorts were allowed in outdoor events, and a gradual reopening of grassroots sports began.
On Friday, Erna Solberg explained to Dagbladet that these changes will not be covered by the new national measures.
