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City council leader calls on Bergen people to brace for tough measures – VG

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UNCONTROLLED: Councilor Roger Valhammer (Labor Party) says the municipality cannot trace the infection back to mutated viruses. Photo: Helge Mikalsen, VG

Eight new cases of the mutated virus were confirmed in Bergen on Saturday. The city council is now asking the government to introduce strict measures to avoid losing control.

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The municipality of Bergen, along with neighboring municipalities, has called on the government to introduce strict regional measures after several South African and British virus outbreaks in recent days.

– We have asked the government for a package of measures similar to the model they have in eastern Norway, so it is up to the government to introduce the measures based on the advice they receive from the NIPH and the Norwegian Health Directorate, he says City Councilor Roger Valhammer (Labor) to VG.

If the government decides to introduce the same measures that were taken in the Oslo region after the outbreak in Nordre Follo, the people of Bergen can expect several very intrusive measures. In the data book below, you can see which measures were introduced in the Oslo region on January 31:

Bergen can get these measurements:

The following measures were introduced in Oslo after the outbreak in Nordre Follo in January this year. The measures are divided into zones where the municipalities with the highest contagion pressure have the strictest measures, while the neighboring municipalities have less strict measures.

Order

All events outside the home are prohibited, both indoors and outdoors, with the exception of funerals and burials.
Mandate for the home office for all who can. Employers must ensure that employees work from home to the extent possible. Employers need to be able to document that information about how it will be implemented in
the business is handed over to the employees.
The stores are closed. Exceptions are made for grocery stores, pharmacies, and
gas stations.
Complete pour stop
Stop at grassroots sports for children and adults.
Stop at other leisure activities (choir, corps, theater and the like)
The following companies and locations will be closed:
Restaurants. It is allowed with food to go.
– Gyms.
– Pools, water park, spa facilities, hotel pool and the like.
– Religious and philosophical houses, with the exception of funerals and funerals.
– Libraries.
– Amusement parks, bingo halls, game rooms, game areas, bowling alleys and similar places where entertainment and leisure activities take place.
– Museums.
Cinema, theater, concert halls and similar cultural and entertainment spaces.
– Other public places and shops where cultural,
leisure or entertainment activities that bring people together indoors.

School and education

Schools and kindergartens: It is upgraded to a red level in kindergarten, elementary school, and high school according to the national traffic light model. The municipal infection control authority may decide to close schools and kindergartens if it is necessary to prepare for the red level or if the infection situation requires it.
High school: Digital teaching will be introduced in upper secondary school in week 4 and a transition to the red level in upper secondary school will be prepared starting in week 5. Upper secondary schools that are already on the red tier should also have fully digital instruction in week 4 and prepare to return to the red tier in week 5.
The facilities of universities, colleges and vocational schools are closed to all students. Digital education will be introduced for all. All teaching and planned events should be postponed or digitized.

recommendations

Everyone should avoid home visits and gatherings in their own homes. Exceptions for necessary home services and visits to people who are in the last stage of life. Single people can be visited by one or two regular friends or a permanent home. Children in kindergartens and primary schools can receive visits from their own cohort.
Everyone should avoid travel that is not strictly necessary. Travel to work should be considered strictly necessary. For the vast majority, there will still be requirements for a home office.
Municipalities and county municipalities should introduce reinforced measures in public transport. This can happen, for example, that only up to 50 percent of the capacity is used in the means of transport.
One-to-one companies, such as hairdressers, should introduce reinforced measures such as the use of masks in situations where it is not possible to maintain a distance of 1 meter or temporarily reduce or eliminate treatment options that imply close-contact facial.
It is recommended that municipalities and the population of relevant municipalities consider testing on days 7-10 during the infection quarantine period. It should also be considered whether household members of close contacts found to be in a quarantined infection should also be quarantined if there is a suspicion of infection with the mutated variant of infection.

Duty to wear a mask

When it is not possible to maintain a distance of at least one meter, in addition to brief passes to other members of the household, bandages should be used.
Nozzles should be used in public places such as shops, in public transport and indoor station areas, restaurants when picking up takeout, in common areas in shopping malls if they are open because there are pharmacies and grocery stores in malls and in religious and philosophical centers. houses in connection with funerals and funerals.
The obligation to wear a face mask applies correspondingly to employees in places where it is not possible to keep at least one meter away from visitors. This does not apply to employees in places where other infection control measures have been implemented for employees, such as the use of visors, partitions and the like.
Passengers must wear a face mask in a taxi. The mouthpiece must be attached before the passenger gets into the taxi and must not be removed until the trip is over and the passenger has got out of the taxi. The obligation to wear a face mask applies correspondingly to the driver when there are passengers in the taxi.
The obligation to wear a mask does not apply to children under 12 years of age, nor to those who for medical or other reasons cannot use a mask.

Saturday was proven eight new cases of mutated virus variants In Bergen. Six of the cases are of the British variant, while two are of the South African variant. In total, the municipality of Bergen has 16 of the British virus variant and seven cases of the South African.

– We are also concerned about the situation after several people were infected at a construction site in Bergen. We consider this to be a possible mass infection and fear the situation will spiral out of control, says Valhammer.

– We know that in the Bergen region there are many trips, especially related to business trips. This makes it challenging to have various measures at the local level in municipalities. Therefore, we conclude that the most appropriate would be a national regulation.

There will be less social contact

The city council leader now calls on the people of Bergen to be prepared for tougher measures. Among other things, they want to limit the possibility of social interaction.

– It is when we meet that we mainly get infected and that is what the measures will be aimed at, he says.

Valhammer describes the situation as confusing and worries that they cannot track where more cases of mutated virus infection are coming from in Bergen.

Before Christmas, Bergen was hit by a high infection and introduced strict measures to eliminate the virus.

– The people of Bergen and Striler have shown several times that they line up and follow the rules. We have shown that we can quickly return to a normal situation. I am optimistic that we will clear this up, although I understand that people are tired now.

High: – A serious situation

– Bergen is in dire straits with outbreaks of both the English and South African variant of the virus, Health Minister Bent Høie (H) said in an email to NTB on Saturday night.

A clarification will arrive on Sunday on what measures will be implemented, promises the minister.

Health and Care Services Minister Bent Høie announces a clarification of the new measures in Bergen and surrounding municipalities on Sunday. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB

Infection control doctor Frank van Betten in Bergen said Saturday morning that several of the cases with mutated viruses are not linked to each other and that they cannot trace where the infection is coming from.

– Bergen and the surrounding municipalities today asked the government to make national decisions for the region. We are working on that, and there will be a clarification of what measures will be implemented tomorrow morning, Høie says Saturday night.

Half the village in quarantine: – Health is the main challenge

Bergens Tidende writes that on Saturday the municipality was in a meeting on the situation with FHI, the State Administrator and the surrounding municipalities.

– It’s confusing and we are now considering what to do next, but we haven’t come to a conclusion yet, says Medical Director Trond Egil Hansen.

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