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– We have 321 people admitted to the hospital with koronoavirus. There is no marked increase, but the trend gives reason for restrained optimism. But it is too early to lower your shoulders. We have enough big unknown. It is important that the measures be maintained and that people do not relax in the thousands of homes, says Nakstad.
medical director in the Norwegian institute of public health, Frode Forland, says they expect there are many who are infected who are not included in the statistics. Both people who are sick, and people who do not have symptoms.
On the question whether the measures work, the answer Nakstad:
– I think we should have a restrained optimism. It is a very short time span where we at least not see an increase, but we must simultaneously prepare ourselves that there may come a time where we get many admissions. We should be careful with interpreting these figures still.
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The strict measures that have been introduced in Norway has been extended to over easter. Norwegian institute of public health are now working with the foundation to find out about the measures to be extended.
– There is no one who has said that the stringent measures we have now should last for over a year, but that general measures like keeping the distance will last a while, says health minister Bent Tall (H).
– The important thing is that this is uncertain. We see to it over easter in the first place, and see that this is evolving very differently in many countries. There is no one who knows how this will look toward the summer, or over the summer. But the evidence becomes stronger and stronger due to the knowledge from other countries, ” says Nakstad.
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At midnight was 4226 people in the Uk registered with the proven covid-19, according to the notification system for infectious diseases. Of the 321 patients who are admitted to hospital, 97 respiratorbehandling, enlightened health authorities on Monday. There are six more than on Sunday.
32 people have so far died as a result of koronaviruset in Norway.
In the weekend entered into health South-East agreements with two Norwegian companies about the production of the visor to the Norwegian health care, to remedy utstyrsmangelen.
it has in the first place is around a half a million visor. The first delivery comes this week with 10,000 visor.
Nav can give out unemployment benefits earlier
In the course of the weekend, the number of applications for unemployment benefits with the 300.000 from the laid off and unemployed.
– There is a tremendous amount, and the Nav is working frantically to process the applications, but it takes some time. It is time many do not have. Therefore, we have from the day of the open for that Nav should be able to anticipate the parts of the dagpengene, said justice minister Monica Maeland on Monday.
the Scheme applies to workers, but not freelancers and self-employed persons.
– For them it will be created a new stønadsordning and in jobs with a different solution, let Mæland.
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the Government has also decided to make changes in bortvisningsreglene, so that EEA nationals to start working can get work in Norway anyway.
– This applies to industries with a critical need for labor: Agriculture, horticulture, forestry, fishing, fishing industry, matindustri, oil and gas, development of water and wind power and power grids, said the attorney general.
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