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– I think that the stop at the bar has caused fewer parties and that more people go home earlier. But it has also led to several private parties, where infection control is the first guest to go to bed, says Health Minister Bent Høie (H).
At Wednesday’s corona press conference, the health minister said the government will now look at experiences after just over three weeks with previously closed bars and pubs. In the meantime, the current rules will continue until further notice.
It had previously announced a new assessment of the stricter bar rules in early September and insists this still applies:
– We do what we have said to the end: an assessment of the infection situation in early September. We are now on September 2, so it is happening these days. Based on that assessment, we will do an assessment of the measures and reach conclusions before mid-September, Høie told NTB.
The presidency in Trondheim yesterday asked the national authorities to raise the bar at midnight.
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– The party moves home
Recently, the government has come under pressure to loosen the stricter bar rules. The Oslo and Bergen City Councils have called for a re-evaluation of the entire plan, noting that the number of house parties and nachspiel has increased and thus contributed to increased infection.
FRP has also clearly marked itself against previous closing times and reacts strongly to the continuation of the scheme until further notice.
– While Bent Høie chooses to close his eyes for a few more weeks, the nightlife industry will lose millions of crowns and the police will waste unnecessary resources on domestic disturbances and frustrated neighbors. This has no meaning, and Frp has pointed it out all the time, Frp’s health policy spokesperson Åshild Bruun-Gundersen tells NTB.
Virke, who runs various businesses in the nightlife industry, is not very happy either.
– It is completely incomprehensible that the Minister of Health chooses to continue the bar with the knowledge we have today. For several weeks we have seen the consequences of this, in which private meetings have become contagious parties. It’s better for people to have a party with serious players in the restaurant industry than in private rooms where no one makes sure that infection control rules are followed, says CEO Ivar Horneland Kristensen at Virke.
– Tighter abroad
Høie, on the other hand, believes that a biased impression has been created in the public debate.
– One may get the impression that Norway is a different country because we have such strict exclusion rules, but the truth is really the opposite, says Høie.
He points out that all alcoholic restaurants must close before 11pm in Iceland, and that discos and nightclubs in countries like Denmark and England have not yet opened.
At the same time, Høie emphasizes that the rules were not introduced due to dissatisfaction with infection control in restaurants.
– Many restaurants here have been very good. The infection stop was introduced because we as guests adhered less to the rules the longer we partied and the more we drank, Høie says.
