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A growing number of people are infected abroad, primarily foreign-born who are infected in their own home countries, writes the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in its latest weekly report.
In the last two weeks, 1,326 of the 2,627 reported cases had a known country of infection. Of these, 1016 had been infected in Norway and 310 had been infected abroad. The proportion of infected abroad has increased in the last two weeks; from 22 percent at week 42 to 25 percent at week 43.
– Where we have information, we see that the proportion of infected abroad has increased from 17% in week 41 to 25% in week 43. The 310 who were registered infected abroad in weeks 42-43, came from countries who activated the quarantine upon entering, it says in the weekly report.
- FHI makes a reservation that information on infection from imports is incomplete and figures may be higher.
The most common countries of infection
The most common countries of infection in the last two weeks were Poland, with 190 cases, Romania, with 16 cases, Russia, with seven cases, and Sweden, with seven cases, writes FHI.
– In addition, another 30 countries were indicated as infection sites for 5 or fewer infected. Of the 310 who were registered as infected abroad in weeks 42 to 43, all had traveled to countries that require quarantine upon entering Norway (“red countries”), according to the weekly report.
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The NIPH notes that the outbreaks in companies were detected largely in relation to the discovery of COVID-19 in workers recently arrived from abroad.
At week 43, there are 65 percent (1,088 out of 1,686) who currently lack information about the country of infection in the Infectious Disease Notification System (MSIS), which is administered by FHI.
– We do not have a sufficient overview of import infections. We are also seeing an upward trend in hospital admissions. 31 admissions in week 43 is the highest since this spring, says Camilla Stoltenberg, director of FHI.
– Must take control quickly
When asked by Dagbladet how FHI describes the current infection situation in terms of import infection, Stoltenberg responds:
– We take it seriously. We have seen an increase in recent weeks, especially until October, and especially for workers from Poland. We should pay attention to travelers from all countries, because almost all countries in Europe are now “red” by the European definition. So the risk when people come here is much higher. Now everyone who goes into quarantine, and that makes it safe. However, if they are not quarantined as a result of exceptions or other reasons, the situation is unsafe.
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The plan now is to avoid a new wave, to control the spread of the infection through the measures that have been introduced, as well as the detection of the infection, the tests and the specific measures where the infection occurs.
– We must control as soon as possible the increase that is occurring now, says Stoltenberg.
When it comes to serious illnesses, there are still few cases in Norway, but since the summer there has been a slight upward trend in the number of new patients admitted to hospital.
FHI writes that this helps corroborate that the spread of infection has increased overall in the population in recent weeks.
