Oslo school closes after mutant variant tested in almost all stages – VG



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GRORUDDALEN: Vestli School. Photo: Odin Jæger

The Vestli school in Oslo closes after six cases of mutated coronavirus were detected in six of the seven stages. Now there are long test lines in the district.

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The school conducts digital home education throughout the next week and no students will be coming to school, Vestli School states on its website.

The elementary school, which is a 1-7 grade school, has about 530 students.

– Then it’s sad. We moved to a new school on Monday and everyone was eager to start at the new school, says VG Deputy Principal Randi Sømo.

For 2.5 years, students and teachers have lived in pavilions in the local community while a new school was being built. And so it was put into use on Monday of this week.

– When we started looking at infections in families, there were so many steps that, in consultation with the district superintendent, we thought it best if they did not meet at school to prevent further infection, says Sømo.

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Request that more prove themselves

Mutated virus cases have been detected in all stages except the third stage. But the school emphasizes that it is very likely that there is also infection at this stage.

– Due to the infection situation, we ask that all 3rd grade students and employees there also be screened and follow the instructions in the letter from the infection control team in the Stovner district, the school says.

The letter from the school states that since there is a suspicion of a mutated virus, it means that all household members of students in the class and employees must also be quarantined until the response to the first test is available. .

LONG TAILS: There have been several hundred cars in the test queues at the Stovner Test Station, according to police. Photo: Odin Jæger, VG

Several hundred cars in a row

The VG photographer at the scene recorded long lines outside the Stovner Test Station Thursday night. The police can confirm this, and they have spent the night driving people away.

The long queue of cars prevented normal traffic from being obstructed.

– There must be several hundred cars lined up, but now we have just completed the task, says operations manager Vidar Pedersen.

Traffic will now flow smoothly and signs have been posted in the area to prevent a queue from forming again.

VG has not been able to reach the district superintendent in Stovner.

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