More than 50 corona cases at Apalløkka school in Oslo – school is closed



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14 out of 15 classes have been quarantined, the school writes.

The school’s principal, Elisabeth Dullum, tells NRK that the cause of the outbreak is unknown, adding that few people have symptoms.

– There has probably been an asymptomatic infection Dullum tells VG.

School in house

The infection at school was first known on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Therefore, the school was closed on Wednesday, November 18, according to NRK. It will be closed until Friday, December 4. Until then, all classes will receive home registration.

– We have home school every day that is followed every hour. In fact, infected employees also teach, says the director to the national station.

According to the website, the school has more than 400 students and 40 teachers divided into 8th through 10th grade.

The school is located northwest of Ammerud in the Grorud district, a district that has been hit hard in recent weeks.

162 new infected in Oslo in the last 24 hours

The number of infected in the last 24 hours is three less than the day before. On the same day last week, 224 cases of infection were registered.

162 people have been infected in Oslo in the last 24 hours. The average of the last week is 168 infected per day.

The number of infected in the last 24 hours is three less than the day before. On the same day last week, 224 cases of infection were registered.

In the last 14 days, there have been 2,462 new cases of infection in Oslo, new figures from the municipality show.

Most infected in the age group 20-29 years

Most people in the age group 20-29 are still infected, where the number in the past 14 days is 552.

The Grorud and Bjerke districts have the highest infection pressure. In the Grorud district, 201 new cases have been registered in the last two weeks, corresponding to 725.4 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants.

In the Bjerke district, 239 new cases have been registered in the last two weeks, which corresponds to 715.1 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants.

The Vestre Aker district has the lowest infection pressure in Oslo with 72 new cases in the last two weeks. This corresponds to an infection pressure of 141.7 per 100,000 inhabitants.

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