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A survey shows that 59 per cent of Norwegians are afraid that someone they love will die of COVID-19. 14 per cent fear losing their lives. Figures are from a recent…
Many people obviously planned to spend the night in the Oslo area forests, police and fire departments had to be sent out to Grefsenkollen night until Good Friday. The…
Up to 100,000 Norwegians may be able to be tested for coronavirus per week when we arrive in May, says acting health director Svein Lie to NRK. “The prospect is of…
A digital, global idea initiative opened on Thursday with a greeting from Crown Prince Haakon. The goal is to develop solutions for the ongoing corona crisis.…
Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) is gearing up to be able to coronate 1,000 people a day by the start of May. – “We are preparing for a huge increase in test…
In March, the government urged all Norwegians that were abroad to return home. Figures from telecom operators indicate that close to 129,000 Norwegians returned to…
Many continue to travel across the Swedish border to shop despite the fact that a 14-day quarantine is included. – “Most people say they are temporarily laid off and…
The Web Church is doubling the number of priests and deacons to serve people during the Corona crisis. – We have expanded the offer considerably and feel that it meets a…
Seven out of ten Norwegians support the government’s strict Coronavirus measures, a new study shows. Most who disagree with the measures want them tighten further. In…
Oslo is facing the main wave of the corona epidemic and is starting to approach the top of the contagion curve, according to a comment from the Institute of Public…
Health Director Bjørn Guldvog believes that the number of infections could rise in the coming weeks because many Norwegians have returned from abroad. “Many people from…
The city of Oslo will keep track of where in town people are at Easter. People who stay in places with too many other people can be notified via SMS to move themselves.…
“Slowly and cautiously” the government is easing up on the corona measures. Kindergartens and schools will open, hairdressers can get back to work and the cabin ban will…
At midnight, 5,863 cases of Coronavirus infection were registered in Norway, preliminary figures from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health show. This is an increase…
Virus-infected Norwegians are likely to infect only 0.7 people on average. The Corona situation is now under control in Norway, according to the Minister of Health. –…
After a married couple was diagnosed with coronavirus without any symptoms other than loss of sense of smell and taste, a professor believes that anyone with the…
Responding to a request by the health authorities in the Lombardy region of Italy for assistance on March 31, Norway is sending a medical team of 19 nurses and doctors.…
We must realize that we must find other ways to celebrate the 17th of May this year than the usual children’s parade of 30,000 children, Oslo Mayor Marianne Borgen told…
Several thousand medical operations and consultations have been put on hold in Norway as a result of the Coronavirus epidemic. Shows figures that NRK has collected from…