The government introduces new national crown measures – VG

The case is being updated.

For a week before Easter, the infection recorded in Norway is higher than ever. The number of patients with crown admitted is on par with April of last year.

At the same time, the government is introducing national austerity measures that they had previously announced they would introduce if the infection did not subside. This is done on the recommendation of the Norwegian Health Directorate and the National Institute of Public Health, says Health Minister Bent Høie.

These recommendations were delivered just a quarter of an hour before the press conference began Tuesday afternoon, the document shows with the advice of professional communities.

– Know that it will provoke reactions.

The reason for the new national austerity now is that the mutated virus is constantly spreading to new places and new outbreaks are constantly appearing.

– I know this will provoke reactions where there has hardly been a case of infection before, says Bent Høie that the government is now introducing new measures.

It is a mix of injunctions / prohibitions and recommendations and recommendations that are now being introduced at the national level.

– National measures also apply at Easter no matter where it is spent. The most important thing is that we travel as little as possible and meet as little as possible, says the Minister of Health.

New national recommendations

The new national measures will take effect from midnight on Thursday, March 25, and will be reconsidered before April 12.

• The meter from one meter is changed to two meters
• A maximum of two guests is recommended for private home visits.
• If you are coming from areas with a high level of infection, you should not continue or have overnight visits.
• Children and young people under the age of 20 who live alone can receive overnight visits from one or two regular friends.
• Wear a mask in all places where it is not possible to keep a distance of two meters
• People should only use the shopping centers and department stores in the municipality in which they live.
• All unnecessary travel should be postponed with the exception of travel to and from work when it is not possible to have a home office, travel home with family for students without family where they study, and travel to a cabin and vacation home with theirs. family.
• Digital teaching in universities, colleges and vocational schools will accelerate from April 6 to March 25 and will last until April 12.

New national standards

• Spilling alcohol is prohibited throughout the country.
• Indoor sports and leisure activities for adults are prohibited, with the exception of the best professional athletes.
• The gyms are closed, but may be open to the inhabitants of the municipality, for rehabilitation, individual training and treatment.
• The pools will be closed, but may be open for children in swim training and people who need the pool for rehabilitation.
• Amusement parks, bingo halls, and similar entertainment facilities are closed.
• The employer must ensure that employees work from home in all workplaces that are practically possible.
• People who return to Norway after unnecessary trips abroad must spend the entire quarantine period in quarantine hotels. This takes effect from midnight until Monday, March 29.
• We recommend that all planned events be canceled. If events cannot be postponed, these rules apply:
• Inside, 20 people are allowed at events with fixed and designated seating.
• Inside, 50 people are allowed in sporting events for those under 20 who belong to sports teams in the same municipality.
• Outdoors, only 50 people are allowed at events.
• It is allowed with 50 people at funerals and funerals when permanently designated venues are used.

How far is two meters actually? We have tested this:

Concerned about the ability of TISK

Several times during the last week, a record number of cases of infection have been registered both nationally and in the capital.

– The situation is worrying and unstable, says department head Line Vold at the National Institute of Public Health about the infection situation in Norway.

The health director, Bjørn Guldvog, from the Norwegian Health Directorate, justifies the tightening, among other things, with the measures we have, which are not enough to stop the increase in infection.

– We are also concerned about the ability to test and track infections. Several labs report that they are approaching the limit on the number of samples they can analyze, and several municipalities report that they are struggling with the ability to track everyone who has been in contact with someone infected. If municipalities are unable to detect the infection, it will take little time for us to lose control and for the infection to spread rapidly.

Among the municipalities that have experienced this are Tønsberg and Færder, who now have their samples tested at the Oslo University Hospital because capacity has exploded at Vestfold hospital. In several cases after this transition, they have had to wait up to four days for the test result.

Several municipalities have joined level 5A of strict government measures. This applies to Oslo, all of Viken, Salten, all of the old Vestfold and the old Telemark municipalities of Skien, Porsgrunn, Bamble and Siljan.

Where there are local measures that are stricter than national ones, local regulations will apply and vice versa. It is always the strictest rule that applies.

Do you wonder what measures are applied in the municipality in which you live? See the VG overview here.

VG first wrote that “people who return to Norway after unnecessary trips abroad must spend the entire quarantine period in quarantine hotels” from midnight to March 25, but this is not true. This rule takes effect from midnight until Monday, March 29. (The other new measures, on the other hand, take effect at midnight on March 25, as VG wrote.)

CORRECTION: VG first wrote that “people returning to Norway after unnecessary trips abroad must spend the entire quarantine period in quarantine hotels” from midnight to March 25, but this is not true. This rule takes effect from midnight until Monday, March 29. The other new measures, on the other hand, will take effect from midnight until March 25. This was corrected on 23.03 at 19.23.