Several thousand walk without knowing they are infected – NRK Norway – Summary of news from different parts of the country

In the last 24 hours, 460 corona infections have been recorded in Norway. That’s 58 less than the day before, but 98 more than the same day last week.

In the capital, 102 new people have been registered as infected in the last 24 hours, figures from the municipality of Oslo show. That’s ten more than a week ago, and 14 more than the weekly average.

– It is the big cities that have the greatest challenges with the pandemic. We also see something similar in Norway. Oslo and Viken have the highest number of infections per 100,000 inhabitants, the director of the Line Vold department of the National Institute of Public Health tells NRK.

The decline in infection in recent weeks in Oslo has now changed:

– This decline leveled off from week 49 to week 50, when the number of reported infections was roughly the same, Vold told NRK.

At the same time, new infection records are reported in Skien and Porsgrunn. Trondheim has revealed infection in many who have no symptoms. Sarpsborg closes all schools because the infection situation worsens hour after hour.

– uncomfortable

Health director Bjørn Guldvog is concerned that strict infection control measures have not led to even lower infection rates. According to FHI, the number of infections is now higher than 1. This means that an average person infects a new one with corona.

– The fact that the infection does not go down is a clear sign for us that we must be especially vigilant. When r exceeds one, it is uncomfortable. We have to go under one again, says the health director.

– We stand and bow. There is a possibility that we will revert to the trend where we suddenly see an increase in infection, says Guldvog.

According to the health director, it can be a “quite demanding” situation during the Christmas and New Years weekend, if people continue to meet a lot of people in shopping centers or in private.

– So I would ask people to get more acute in the last few days, so that we can get infection rates as low as possible. Then it is possible to carry out safe Christmas celebrations.

Guldvog reminds municipalities to be prepared for outbreaks during Christmas.

– Infection monitoring and testing capabilities should be available during red days.

Many people do not know that they are infected.

According to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, there are likely to be many undetected infections in some settings in the country. Many people do not know that they are infected or that they have not been tested.

On Sunday, December 13, there were around 5,100 infected people in Norway. Almost six out of ten do not know they are infected or that they have not been tested. The National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) estimates this in its latest weekly report.

The pressure of infection may be much higher in more immigrant communities than among those born in Norway, where two percent of those tested test positive. For all the largest immigrant groups except the Swedes, the proportion is much higher, NTB writes.

The high proportion of positives means that many more people should be tested and that there are many undetected infections in these settings, according to FHI.

Klassekampen is told by a group of doctors that they want to prioritize the coronary vaccine for immigrants. The reason is that studies show that people born in Asia and Africa have a higher risk of dying from covid-19.

FIX: A previous version said 5,100 people walk without knowing they are infected. The correct thing is that 60 percent of these do not know that they are infected.