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– I think according to the current infection control rules, also in the new guide, I should switch to digital teaching. The reason for this is that we have quite a symptomatic infection among children and we do not have an overview of what is happening. We know that one meter has never been enough.

Here’s what Jörn Klein, professor of microbiology and infection control at USN, says when introducing Fredrik Solvang during Thursday’s Debatten broadcast on NRK.

He believes the new infection control guide that came into use in schools earlier this week has the potential for improvement.

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Face masks recommended in classrooms.

Previously, he submitted an alternative proposal to the Norwegian Health Directorate and the National Institute of Public Health. It included that students also had to wear face masks in the classroom. They had to undergo additional tests twice a week.

– This is done in Switzerland and Germany without problems, says Klein.

Deputy Director Espen Rostrup Nakstad at the Norwegian Health Directorate follows up:

– There is a big difference between schools and municipalities and therefore the key to success is to be one target and try many. We must reduce the levels of infection in these age groups, we fully agree with that.

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Anne Kjersti Befring, Associate Professor at the Department of Public Law (UiO), questions whether current measures are working optimally.

– I also think we need to consider how the rules have worked. It has been closed for quite some time in Oslo. Then we see that the infection increases. Because it does not work? Is it because people do not follow the rules, because the rules are not enforced, or because they are not sufficiently directed? He says.

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– One meter has never been enough

The program’s director, Fredrik Solvang, asks if other countries will reduce the infection, even if schools are kept open.

– What is the experience of other countries? Do they get the infection without closing schools?

– They get it in Switzerland, which is relatively similar in number to Norway. And they had a serious infection. They get a controlled and safe school life with face masks in class and with tests twice a week. I think that’s the best for the child, Klein responds.

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Klein points out that one meter has never been enough in the rest of the world. But he has it in Norway.

– In the health system, it is also said that a bandage should not be used too often, because the risk of becoming infected is too high.

– Everything is different in Norway. Why is Norway such a different country? Publications in “Nature” and “The Landcet” showing that these measurements are correct, says Klein.

Nakstad points out that Norway, unlike many other countries in Europe, has managed to keep schools, kindergartens and much of the social apparatus running since the closure.

– We have succeeded because the municipalities have been very good at testing and tracking infections. Everyone has taken responsibility and the schools have been good at infection control too. It has worked and served us and the students well, so far.

He continues:

– We are now in a situation with a mutated virus, which means that the measures we had before are no longer necessarily sufficient. That is the challenge now. Now we have to look at these things. Therefore, the guide has now been revised. Therefore, we plan massive tests in schools after Easter.

Nakstad emphasizes that what is being done in terms of infection control in Norway is not necessarily enough everywhere, but he believes Norway has come a long way in the pandemic so far.

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