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23 days have passed since the government introduced the most restrictive measures Norway has had in peacetime. Measures to limit the spread of koronaviruset was renewed 26. march and expire 13. april. The government has notified that there shall be a decision about how life after easter will be on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
– Differentiated measures, based on how much infection there is and is not, is certainly something that we look at. What do you do in other countries, said assistant director Espen Nakstad when he visited the Radio the news broadcast on Saturday morning.
Oslo and the Bay has, according to the latest figures from FHI directly under 1.500 infections each, for example, while the county of Møre and Romsdal, Nordland and Troms, and Finnmark all have under 200 infections (see information below to the right for detailed figures).
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Exactly how any result of the measures will look in practice, could not Nakstad answer now.
– But it is important to have a national system on this. Both smittebegrensning, testing and measures, so that all who live in the Uk follows a plan and that leads to the least possible doubt, confusion and chaos, he said.
It is set down by the expert groups to assess whether children can return to school and kindergarten and the socio-economic implications of smitteverntiltakene. Norwegian institute of public health has also delivered a report.
All the reports are kept secret until the government’s decision is clear.
the ministry of Health are now going through these suggestions and come with a comprehensive evaluation will be forwarded to the government.
– It work very fast paced. We sit and review this thoroughly at the weekend. It will go a note to the ministry that the government will eventually work themselves through. Then there are those which will determine what will happen after easter, said Nakstad.
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In around a week’s time, Norway has had a stable number when it comes to hospital admissions as a result of the virus. About as many have been written out as it has been admitted. The arrow is pointing up, and Nakstad says it is good to see that the restrictive measures have an effect.
But he warns against letting it become a security blanket, and asks the population to continue to stick to the strict advice.
– It is so important that we do the job properly and not throwing away a chance to get control of this infection because you did not follow the rules, said Nakstad.
no Matter what line the government put itself on after the passover, so he believes that norway must prepare for many months to with some measures.
– We must prepare ourselves for the fact that it will be koronavirus in the world in around 2020 at least. We have also said that some of the basic tips we have to follow for a long time to come, he said and mentioned to keep your distance, stay home when you are sick and testing of people with symptoms:
– The three things we have to live with for a long time.
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