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Raymond Johansen has repeatedly called for Oslo to receive more vaccines at the expense of areas of the country with low infection pressure.
Oslo has been socially closed since November and Johansen tightened the screw even more at Sunday’s press conference.
But so far Johansen has not done what he asks the government to do: send vaccines where there is the greatest infection.
According to FHI, Johansen and Oslo are free to prioritize in the vaccine queue as long as overall priorities are followed.
– The priorities within each priority group say nothing about our guidelines, so it is left to the individual municipality, FHI chief physician Are Stuwitz Berg informs Dagbladet.
This means that Oslo can vaccinate people between the ages of 60 and 70 in the Far East, where the infection is highest, before the same age group is taken in the districts with the lowest infection.
Conclude soon
There is a big difference in infection internally in Oslo. The eastern city districts, Groruddalen and Søndre Nordstrand, are three to four times higher than districts with the least infection, such as Ullern and Nordre Aker.
– We are still not internally biased in Oslo, we are still there to vaccinate the elderly. Then we have to see if we should prioritize the areas with the highest infection pressure, says Johansen to Dagbladet, who emphasizes that infection is high in everybody Oslo.
– When we receive more vaccines, we must consider whether we should also prioritize the areas with the highest infection pressure in Oslo. This is one of the discussions that we have to take. This is an important debate where we will conclude in the not too distant future, says Johansen.
Develop models
City Health Councilor Robert Steen (Labor Party) says the City Council is working on models for how vaccines will be distributed in Oslo in the future, when doses are distributed to the younger population.
– We have analyzed and developed different models of how we can skew, but we do not have a city with districts with and without infection. All of Oslo’s districts have infection rates of more than 100, Steen says.
– How can you be so sure that it is okay to put Oslo at a disadvantage in a national context if you are not biased in Oslo?
– It is about the persistent infection pressure over time. It is the same metro that runs from west to east in Oslo, but I see some use that argument. But I’m not sure if it’s that suitable.
– We just have to get more vaccinations. So far, we have no vaccines that harm either of us, Steen says.
– Not connected
The mayor of Molde, Torgeir Dahl (H), is among those who have reacted to the fact that Oslo does not vaccinate the most contagious areas when they demand the same at the national level.
– The interesting thing is that Johansen has not made such a skewed distribution internally in Oslo between the different districts. It would have been natural for him to prioritize the districts with the highest infection pressure, Dahl told NTB.
– If you think that this should be based on the pressure of local contagion, then the first thing should be that Oslo does it himself, instead of asking the rest of the country for a vaccine. He’s not connected, he says.
