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– We believe that the infection has arisen here and that it is the origin of the great local outbreak that we are experiencing now. We believe there are grounds to suspect violations of general infection control rules, Sarpsborg city council chairman Sindre Martinsen-Evje said at a press conference on Friday afternoon.
According to the municipality, the organizer has said that the celebration of the ashura religious festival began on August 21 and lasted every day until August 30.
The meeting, which stopped when the first crown drop was discovered, would have continued for another three days. On the last day 170 people were present.
The premises where the festival was celebrated were not approved for this purpose, since they were rebuilt without a building permit.
Representatives of the Muslim Assembly of the Al-Ghadir Islamic Center have previously said that existing rules have been followed. According to Sindre Martinsen-Evje, the religious community cooperates when it comes to the spread of the infection.
Of the total of 2,500 people who are in quarantine they are the majority of schoolchildren and teachers. As a result, a middle school was closed.
In the past 24 hours, 25 new corona cases have been confirmed in Sarpsborg. In total, it has been confirmed that more than 200 people have covid-19 in the two affected municipalities.
– It is completely unacceptable. We are all residents of Sarpsborg and we must stand together.
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