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It was a great challenge for health authorities and healthcare professionals to deal with the corona pandemic in March, at a time of little knowledge about the virus and the disease. Now it is the Norwegian population that faces its great ordeal related to the pandemic.
The time until a large part of the Norwegian population is vaccinated against COVID-19 will be challenging for a number of reasons, but especially due to the increased risk of spreading the infection and action fatigue.
TEST: The next few months will be a test for the Norwegian population. Photograph: Bjørn Langsem / Dagbladet
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– Very important
– This period is very important and can be quite long. Although we can expect that we will get the first vaccines in January, it will be a long time before a large part of the population has been vaccinated, perhaps towards the summer. So we will probably have to take measures that are quite extensive during winter and spring, but there is light in the tunnel, health director Bjørn Guldvog tells Dagbladet.
– Will this be the great ordeal for the population?
– Yes, in many ways it will be. Because if we release too much, we will still have dramatic consequences from this pandemic. Now we have the opportunity to keep this under control and avoid consequences as catastrophic as we could have had otherwise. But that means we have to persevere and it requires a lot from each of us. There are many who pay a very high price now. Fortunately, we have an economy in Norway, which means that the vast majority are well served in that situation.
HEALTH DIRECTOR: Bjørn Guldvog. Photo: Terje Pedersen / NTB
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Spread of infection
The relevant period coincides with the time of year when it is the peak season for respiratory infections.
When the cold comes, people take refuge inside. We know that the coronavirus spreads more easily indoors than outdoors, so the winter months are likely to make it difficult to control the spread of the infection.
– This is a very important period and there are several reasons for it. One is that there is expected to be an increased risk of respiratory infections, including coronavirus, spreading this season when the cold hits. We don’t know how important it will be, director Camilla Stoltenberg of the National Institute of Public Health tells Dagbladet.
DIRECTOR: Camilla Stoltenberg of the National Institute of Public Health. Photo: Vidar Ruud / NTB
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Tiredness of action
If we cannot control the spread of the infection to a greater extent than at present, the measures are likely to last. No one knows how long the measures will last, but some of the stricter ones will likely have to be held for a longer period of time as well.
Stoltenberg says that compliance with the measures is related to the clarity with which one experiences the threat of infection, serious illness and death. For this reason, he believes that the increase in infections, hospitalizations and deaths in recent weeks may have a positive effect on compliance with the measures.
– On the other hand, the great threat is that the measures for many are a direct threat to their lives in the sense that people lose their jobs and are fired. I think many people find this difficult and difficult, and it can lead to questions about advice and compliance with it, says Stoltenberg, and concludes:
– This whole pandemic is a great test for the population in the sense that we will have a long-term goal of achieving control of the coronavirus. At the same time, we must persevere and comply with measures that are not exactly desirable: it is not the case that we will live so little socially, or we will lose our job. But we must live that way at this time.
