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On Tuesday, Trine Skei Grande took her first step out of prolonged isolation when she received her first dose of vaccine.
For more than a year, the former Liberal leader has had a home office. Storting politics suffers from a rare immunodeficiency disease, and for her it has been life threatening outside the four walls of the house.
– It’s a bit of Russian roulette, because you know that if you get a crown, the chance of survival is very small, he says.
DIGITAL LIFE: Trine Skei Grande has isolated herself at home for the past year because she doesn’t think she can survive if she catches the coronavirus.
Photo: Åse Marit Befring / NRK
– Flight ticket booked home
On Friday of last week, he received a phone call from the Lovisenberg Hospital. It was a message that made her breathe a little better, that is, that the trip had come to get vaccinated.
– The first thing I did after that phone call was to book plane tickets to visit my mother, he says.
Soon, the Storting politician also hopes to meet again at the Storting.
– Now I can be a little less scared, she says and adds that the only side effect she notices is a big lump of happiness.
THUMB UP: Norway should negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get the Sputnik vaccine as soon as it is approved in the EU, Trine Skei Grande believes.
Photo: Alexei Druzhinin / AP
Believes Norway should get Sputnik
With AstraZeneca on hiatus after several reports of serious side effects, Grande believes that other Norwegians should have a chance to take Sputnik as soon as it is approved in the EU system.
The EU pharmaceutical agency EMA has started the ongoing evaluation of the Russian covid-19 Sputnik vaccine.
The Russians say they are ready to deliver the vaccine to 50 million Europeans starting in June if the vaccine is approved.
– Then we should negotiate with (Vladimir) Putin to get it. Russia is a neighboring country of ours, and once they have created a vaccine that works, we should too, he says.
She believes that we do not have time to wait for a negotiating agreement through the EU.
– I think we should negotiate on our own. I’m not sure if the EU is leaning forward enough, Grande says.
May be relevant for Norway
The decision to initiate an evaluation of Sputnik V is based on laboratory results and clinical studies in adults, states the EMA.
The Minister of Health and Care Services, Bent Høie (H), stated earlier this month that he is sure that there could be another vaccine on the way.
– If approved, it may also be relevant for Norway, he said.
On Wednesday evening, NRK contacted the Ministry of Health and Care Services for comment regarding Skei Grande’s remarks, but has so far received no response.
