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Also today, the Bergen Municipality held a press conference to update the ongoing outbreak in the city.
After a daily record number of 42 new infections twice this week, the number was cut in half today to 21 new infections.
– The number is lower than yesterday, and that’s good. It’s still a high number, says health advisor Beate Husa (KrF).
It may take days
Tracking infections has become a challenge in Bergen in recent weeks.
The health council admits that it may take several days before someone in close contact with the infection is notified.
– With infection rates so high, it is a challenge to track them fast enough. Employees on the infection trail have gone to extraordinary lengths in recent days, but it may be a few days before people are called in, Husa says.
According to the Health Agency, some of the new infections have had 2-3 close contacts and 15-20 close contacts.
– But we also have some who have more than 50 close contacts. I ask everyone to think about their moves in the next few days.
NO NEW INFECTION: There were long lines at the intermediate testing station at NHH when the outbreak was a fact. For the first time since August 26, no new NHH students have tested positive for corona in the past 24 hours.
Photo: Ingvild Ulset / NRK
Respond to reassignment
Bergen now receives help from neighboring municipalities to eliminate the trace of the infection.
The municipality also prioritizes and transfers employees to the infection control office so that all cases of infection can be followed up.
They bring in four health nurses from the child and family service. The leader of the professional group of health nurses reacts to this.
Dagny Elise Ulvøy fears that this goes beyond offering to vulnerable children who need to speak to the school nurses.
– We see a greater need for us to be present after school starts, especially in cases of violence, abuse and intoxication. So it’s a shame they can meet behind closed doors next week, says Ulvøy.
– They gather courage and knock on the door one day. If the health nurses are not there, they may not come another day. It is very important that we are there every day.
MORE NEEDED: The infection control office in Bergen will be staffed.
Photo: Øyvor Bakke / NRK
– It is not a desirable situation
Councilor for Health Beate Husa admits that this is not a desirable situation. Government authorities will not reassign health nurses as a long-term measure, he says.
– But we have to quickly get rid of the delay. The Minister of Health is informed about this today and shows understanding of what happens in the middle.
– As soon as possible we will return the sanitary nurses to their usual work, promises Husa.
General infection
Initially, the new outbreak in Bergen could be traced to the spread of the infection in the student community, especially at NHH, where 136 students have tested positive since August 26. But Friday was the first day with no new confirmed cases of infection at business school.
Health advisor Husa says today that they now have clear signs of a more widespread infection in the Bergen community. He is still concerned that the infection will spread to the elderly.
– We need several days with low infection rates to establish that the infection trend is going down, says Husa.
