
Update: 14 new corona cases registered in Ørsta and Volda
In the last 24 hours, 14 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Ørsta and Volda. The municipalities are not introducing new infection measures.
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In the last 24 hours, 14 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Ørsta and Volda. The municipalities are not introducing new infection measures.

A significant proportion of Swedes will probably be offered a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine next year. Some may receive the offer already in the autumn.

A total of 34 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the wake of a corona outbreak at Meat Point in Sogndal a few weeks ago. The Municipality has now reported the…

The Oslo Emergency Medical Service treated more than 400 people injured in electric scooter accidents in July. The number is close to double from last year.

The companies that rent out electric scooters must pay Oslo Municipality NOK 7.7 million annually to be allowed to rent them in the city.

Forest fire danger warnings have been issued for both Vestland county and Møre og Romsdal. The Meteorological Institute asks people to be careful.

A man has been charged in Salten and Lofoten District Court for, among other things, firing shots at the police during a police chase in Vestvågøy Municipality in 2020.

In the last 24 hours, 48 people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Bergen. Out of the total, 14 have an unknown route of transmission.

Since the start of the pandemic, more than 60 million coronavirus cases have been registered in Europe, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of…

As of Sunday, 66.6% of the population in Norway, almost two thirds, have received the first dose of the corona vaccine, while 33.6% are fully vaccinated.

Twelve people died in traffic accidents in Norway in July. Thus, so far in 2021, July is the month with the most fatalities in traffic.

During the weekend, 32 new cases of coronavirus were registered in Trondheim.

A Polish man in his late 50s was found dead in a house on Fjellhamar in Lørenskog on Sunday night. A man has been arrested in the case, charged with murder.

The police in Møre og Romsdal report that they have received several inquiries from people who have been called from what looked like the emergency number 112.

Corona infection in Norway has increased by 53% in just one week. Assistant health director Espen Nakstad fears a fourth wave of infection before school starts.

Based on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s (FHI) weekly assessment of the COVID-19 situation, the Norwegian government has decided to change the status of Saudi…