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The mutation case in Halden has no connection to the trip, writes the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Halden is located in southeastern Norway, close to the Swedish border and just over 30 km from Strömstad.
So far, 30 cases of covid-19 linked to the ice rink have been found. The outbreak dates back to an event in the room on January 23: a coach who participated tested positive for COVID-19 two days later. The ice rink was closed due to the discovery and all participants were quarantined.
Now several samples of the infected people in the room are tested for mutations. The National Institute of Public Health hopes that more of them have been caused by the mutation.
The discovery means that authorities want to introduce stricter restrictions on the municipality.
– Adjustments to crown measurements will be required at Halden as a result of development. The municipality will work on this on Sunday, together with FHI, municipal director Roar Vevelstad tells VG.
Storgatan in Halden.
Photo: Heiko Junge / TT
On January 26, restrictions were tightened in 25 municipalities in the Oslo area, due to the spread of the British mutation. A widespread outbreak is taking place in Nordre Follo, among other places, and several cases are related to a nursing home in Oslo.
The eruption led to that Sweden introduced an entry ban against Norway.
So far, only a few cases of the British variant have been found in the rest of Norway, and most have been linked to travel abroad. The National Institute of Public Health has analyzed a total of 1,536 samples for mutations, as of Saturday.
– We have prioritized outbreak samples in infections in Oslo and the Gulf so far. This means that more samples have been analyzed from there, but also from other parts of the country, says Preben Aavitsland, chief physician at the National Institute of Public Health in a press release.
