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During Wednesday’s press conference, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) said that the government is introducing the strictest entry rules since March 12 last year, when Norway closed for the first time.
– In practice, the border will be closed to all who do not live in Norway, with exceptions, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) said during Wednesday’s press conference.
Although Norway still wants deliveries of goods, the closure will affect, among other things, the industry, which relies on foreign labor. The measures, which go into effect on Friday night, will initially last two weeks, but Solberg asked people to be prepared to last longer.
The NHO director said after the press conference that Norwegian companies can tolerate these measures for two weeks, but no longer.
– A while ahead
TV 2 has asked the Minister of Health, Bent Høie (H), what is needed to facilitate the measures.
“We must be prepared for the fact that we must have strict entry restrictions for some time, precisely because we do not want further closure, as countries that have lost control of the infection have done,” he said Wednesday night. .
– In Europe, infection rates are low and declining. Is it necessary to reduce infection rates in Europe to facilitate measures?
– So that we can open ourselves more to Europe, we must analyze the infection situation in those countries and have very strict control systems for who enters, says Høie.
– What worries us most now is not only the infection rates in Europe, but that several countries have probably spread of the most infectious variant, without monitoring it in the same way as Norway, Denmark, Great Britain and Iceland, he continues. .
It says the government does not want to lose control of the English mutation of the coronavirus, which the government believes the strong restrictions that were introduced on January 3 have helped prevent.
Solberg asked about eastern Norway
During Wednesday’s press conference, Prime Minister Solberg was asked whether the entry restrictions could result in relief in other areas, for example in eastern Norway.
Strict measures have been introduced in 25 municipalities in eastern Norway on the occasion of the outbreak of the English mutation of the coronavirus in the municipality of Nordre Follo.
HOPE FOR RELIEF: Oslo City Councilor Raymond Johansen (Labor Party) hopes that entry restrictions may lead to relief from the crown’s measures in Oslo. Photo: Terje Pedersen
During the press conference, Solberg said that a new round of these measures will be taken before the end of the month, but did not elaborate on what this could mean.
Oslo City Councilor Raymond Johansen (Labor Party) explains to VG that he is happy with today’s news about the entry rules, which he believes will facilitate the opening in Oslo.
– Stricter rules for import infections, I think they can make us faster and easier to open in Oslo, so I hope so. But if this is enough, we do not know. Infection rates and future developments will prove it to us. So we can hope so, says the town council leader, he tells the newspaper.
