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When the proposal was discussed in the Storting on December 3, only the Labor Party gave its support to the FRP proposal. Now FRP leader Siv Jensen reiterates the need for a trial regimen for all visitors.
Jensen believes that the new variant of the virus, which is up to 70 percent more contagious than the common coronavirus, has updated the proposal.
As early as August, the Progress Party proposed mandatory tests at the border. Now is the time for Health Minister Bent Høie to also realize that this is a sensible tool to limit import infections to Norway, Jensen told NTB.
– Everyone who crosses the border must be tested when they come to Norway. This will not only reduce the likelihood of new cases of infection in Norway, but we will also gain a better overview of the source of the infection so that we can work more determinedly on prevention, says Jensen.
Karanteneinnstramming
The Labor Party has also long demanded mandatory testing at the borders. Labor Party health policy spokesperson Ingvild Kjerkol told NTB that there is also a need to tighten quarantine provisions.
– Now the government should put aside prestige. With news from the UK tonight about a new mutated virus, it is an even bigger mystery that the right-wing government has refused to introduce mandatory tests on arrival from abroad, Kjerkol told NTB.
– The Netherlands and Belgium have already stopped all flights from the UK, but Bent Høie will only “consider stricter measures”. One can easily wonder, he continues.
Kjerkol believes that the import infection we have in Norway is unnecessary and too high.
– The government should set aside prestige as soon as possible and both introduce mandatory testing and make sure there are no exceptions to UK quarantine rules, Kjerkol says.
Does not come swimming
His party colleague, Councilor Raymond Johansen in Oslo, is also aware that mandatory testing must be carried out, in addition to the fact that he believes the government should seriously consider closing the borders for UK travelers.
Several European countries did just that on Sunday.
– Fortunately, the virus does not arrive swimming through the North Sea. It comes with people who travel. I have previously asked for mandatory testing at the borders. I still think the government should put it into practice. The World Health Organization now encourages member countries to strengthen the measures, Johansen says in a Facebook post Sunday night.
Now the Center Party’s health policy spokesman, Kjersti Toppe, is also calling for the government to close the border and introduce mandatory tests.
– I hope that the government will present new austerity measures soon. The mandatory testing should be an addition to the quarantine, but I hope Norway will immediately close the borders for flights from England as other countries have done, at least until the situation is further clarified, Toppe told NTB.(Terms)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our cases via a link, which leads directly to our pages. Copying or other use of all or part of the content can only be done with written permission or as permitted by law. For more terms, see here.
