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Oslo’s municipal chief physician, Tore W. Steen, gave the national team his consent on Saturday night to return to their hometowns on a scheduled flight. He referred to the second paragraph of section 5e of the covid-19 regulation, which states the following:
“Persons in quarantine for infection may exceptionally use public transport to reach a suitable quarantine site after a special assessment by the municipal doctor.”
– Even if there is a formal legal basis, this is not valid. It is a requirement that decisions made in the public sector must be justifiable and provide equal treatment, Marthinussen tells Dagbladet, elaborating:
– In Bergen and Oslo, in my opinion, we are at the most intrusive moment. During that period, it allows players who have been in close contact with an infected trip on scheduled flights, thereby exposing all other passengers to the risk of infection. I do not understand that it is justifiable and it is a very bad example. No one else had been granted such an exception. This means that it completely undermines its own legitimacy to take infection control measures for Oslo in the future, it continues.
Dagbladet has asked the Minister of Health and Care Services, Bent Høie, what he thinks of Steen’s decision.
It is also made clear from the ministry to Dagbladet that the situation of national team players who live in other countries and go home is not at the core of the provision referred to by the municipal superior.
– When the individual player now travels home on a regularly scheduled flight, I would like to point out that it is the municipal doctor who should perform the assessments and if this can be done in a robust way for infection control. These are not evaluations that I or the Ministry of Health and Care Services take or have made. In any case, the purpose of such trips is significantly different from yesterday’s travel arrangements. I hope that players who are now possibly getting permission to go home do so in a prudent and infection-responsible manner, among other things, keeping a good distance from others. I also hope that they implement the remaining part of the quarantine at their place of residence. I can’t impose such a quarantine requirement on people living abroad, but like I said yesterday, there is a reason these players are quarantined for infection. We all must take responsibility for making sure we prevent the spread of infection, Høie tells Dagbladet.
– It will be perceived as a violation
Disagree
Dagbladet has presented Marthinussen’s statements to City Chief Physician Steen.
– I think the consent to go home is valid. Then we probably disagree, says Steen, noting that the Norwegian Health Directorate is aware of the decision and has not objected.
Criminal to break quarantine
Omar Elabdellaoui was reported infected on Friday. The national team has now been given permission to return home, but in consent, the municipal superior assumed that they would quarantine when they returned home.
This means that more players can lose matches with their teams next weekend. If they break the quarantine, it can have consequences.
In Twitter Attorney John Christian Elden claims that players can be punished if they break the quarantine by playing games in the country where they now live.
– They can probably be punished for giving false explanations to public authorities in a request if the intention is not to be quarantined abroad for ten days, Elden writes.
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Probably walk
The outcome of the canceled match against Romania is not yet known, but the probability of the Romanians winning 3-0 at walkover is high.
On Wednesday, Norway will face Austria. Everyone who was on the team is irrelevant. Elite NFF Director Lise Klaveness confirmed to VG on Saturday night that they were working with a “national emergency team”, made up of Norwegian players abroad who were not on the team.
For VG, NFF general secretary Pål Bjerketvedt says they are working hard to put things in their place. In order for Norway to compete, everyone who will participate must have a negative test 72 hours before the match. The deadline is 8:45 PM on Sunday evening.
Dagbladet has tried to get a comment from Ferencváros professional Tokmac Nguen if asked and relevant. But he has said through his adviser that he does not want to comment on it.
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