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According to the Red Cross, a year of pandemic, lockdowns, and infection control measures has led to the largest humanitarian setback in Norway since World War II.
The government's announced change in the vaccine strategy gives Oslo up to 43% more vaccines than before.
The Norwegian parliament (Storting) has been targeted by an IT attack again. The attack is linked to vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange.
Norwegian will cut almost all international departures in April due to uncertainty surrounding travel advice.
Norway will receive 40,000 extra doses of Pfizer / BioNTec's coronavirus vaccine in March.
Four corona-related deaths were reported to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) last week. That is the lowest number since week 44 in October.
According to the news agency DPA, pharmaceutical companies have exported 34 million vaccine doses out of the EU since February 1.
In February, Israel invited Norway to a vaccine collaboration, but the invite was rejected.
A final and long-term plan for phasing out the coronavirus restrictions in Denmark will be presented within two weeks, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen promised.
Chief Medical Officer Trond Egil Hansen at Bergen Municipality is concerned that more outbreaks in the city could lead to a new lockdown.
Trondheim's Mayor Rita Ottervik (AP) is concerned about the new national measures that the government plans to introduce if the infection does not go down.
But the government has presented a list of measures that will be introduced if the infection does not go down.
The situation is unstable, and the spread of infection is too high, Solberg noted.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) has invited US Vice President Kamala Harris to Norway. She also invited American forces to have more military exercises in the country.
The infection situation in Oslo is very serious, City Council chief Raymond Johansen (AP) said during a press conference on Tuesday.
The Norwegian government is asking everyone to avoid traveling abroad at Easter, and all Norwegians abroad not to come home during the Easter holidays.
Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) has taken a corona test and will work from home for a few days. A state secretary is infected, and she was notified through the infection…
Minister of Culture and Gender Equality Abid Raja (V) and his family must be quarantined after corona infection has occurred at the school of one of his children.
AstraZeneca has announced that it must cut the number of vaccine doses it can deliver to Norway next week by almost half, from about 50,000 to 26,400 doses.