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Bergen’s infection control chief physician resigns after a few months on the job
On January 21, Frank van Betten was employed as Bergen's infection control chief physician. He has now informed the Municipality that he is retiring.
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Ålesund, Sula, and Giske ban events and alcohol serving
Due to an infection spike, Ålesund, Sula, and Giske decided to ban events and alcohol serving from night to Tuesday.
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US infection control authorities recommend resuming use of the Janssen vaccine
A panel of experts at the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends resuming the use of the Janssen corona vaccine.
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Oslo: 30 people reported for violating infection control rules
The police in Oslo have reported 30 people for violations of infection control rules at parties in three places in the city on Saturday night.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs encourages Norwegian citizens to leave Chad
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs advises against all travel to Chad and encourages Norwegian citizens to leave the country.
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Man dies after getting hit by train in Oslo
A man in his late 40s died after he was hit by a train near Ljan station in Oslo at 11:30 PM on Friday.
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It took the police 70 minutes to arrive on site after notification of a possible homicide on Varaldsøy
The local fire brigade had to deal with the aftermath of the death on Varaldsøy without help from the police, who arrived after 70 minutes.
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Couple leaves quarantine hotel at Gardermoen, gets reported by police: “They will be fined”
A couple who left the quarantine hotel at Gardermoen airport was stopped by the police late Friday night.
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Solberg plans to increase the use of mass testing in order to reopen society
The Norwegian government will use mass testing more actively in the reopening of society.
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PHOTO: House and garage sink into the ground in Skjetten, three homes evacuated
Three homes have been evacuated after a house and a garage sank half a meter into the ground in Skjetten in Lillestrøm Municipality on Friday.
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Oslo police: We don’t know who sent hateful anti-Muslim SMS messages last week
The investigation so far has shown that text messages from last week that described Muslims as violent were not from the organization SIAN (Stop the Islamization of…
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Norway introduces new rules for electric scooters
New rules for electric scooters were launched on Friday. Among other things, those who park their electric scooter in the wrong place will now get fines.
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Norway changes travel advice for some hospital districts in Finland
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to these areas.
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Nordre Follo downgrades level of corona measures from 5A to 5B
Nordre Follo Municipality downgraded its level of anti-corona measures from 5A to 5B, without strict local measures, from and including Monday, April 26.
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Denmark wants to take in a four-year-old from Syria – but without her mother and brother
The Danish government offered to take in a four-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from a prison camp in Syria.
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Update: 447 new corona cases registered in Norway in the last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours, 447 corona infection cases have been registered in Norway - 61 fewer than the average in the last seven days.
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UK reports 32 deaths after AstraZeneca vaccination
A total of 168 people have been affected by a rare form of a blood clot in the UK after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, and 32 of them have died.
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Three schools in Lindesnes Municipality closed due to many cases of infection
On Thursday, 18 new cases of infection were registered in Lindesnes Municipality, and three junior high schools were closed on Friday.
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Norwegians who got AstraZeneca’s vaccine for their first dose will be offered other vaccines for the second
People who received the corona vaccine from AstraZeneca before its use was stopped in Norway will be offered Pfizer or Moderna vaccines for their second two.