Long queue at corona test center in Bergen: “Count on long waiting times”
The police moved out to the corona test station at Spelhaugen in Bergen after reports of traffic problems. They warn people to prepare for long…
Corona testing
P4: Fewer and fewer Norwegians are getting tested for corona
In the last week of October, 72,126 corona tests were registered at the corona testing stations in Norway. That is about half as many as…
One in four Norwegians has never taken a corona test
A total of 10.4 million corona tests have been carried out in Norway. But every fourth person has never tested themselves. 74% of the population…
Norwegian health official: Those who travel on holidays have to take corona tests before their trip privately
People who need a corona test because they are traveling abroad should not use the municipal testing stations, assistant health director Espen Nakstad stated on…
FHI recommends less unpleasant corona testing method for people without symptoms
The National Institute of Public Health (FHI) now recommends that corona test samples of people who do not have symptoms are taken from nostrils instead…
Solberg admits to weaknesses in Norway’s corona testing and analysis capacity
Lack of personnel may have negatively affected Norway’s coronavirus analysis capacity, Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) admitted to the newspaper VG. Denmark took more corona…
Tromsø Municipality divided over mass corona testing of inhabitants
The leader of the corona center in Tromsø recommends that all of the roughly 76,000 inhabitants in the Municipality get tested. However, the municipal leadership…
Norway’s NTNU university tries out self-developed corona testing method
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have started testing a self-developed testing method, where you take saliva samples yourself – without…
Mass testing underway on construction sites in Oslo
Oslo Municipality is in the process of extensive corona testing on construction sites. According to newspaper Aftenposten, Oslo’s City Council wants to use the Municipality’s…
Oslo sets new record, tests 4,168 people for coronavirus within 24 hours
A record number of Oslo people tested themselves for the coronavirus this week. Over 15,000 people took the test in the last four days. On…
Danish Prime Minister asks people to prepare for frequent testing: “Testing is here to stay”
According to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, corona testing is here to stay, and Denmark’s residents must prepare to be tested up to several times a…
From Friday, Norwegian police will be allowed to expel foreigners who refuse to test themselves at the border
From Friday, the police will be allowed to expel foreigners who refuse to test themselves at the border or register before entry, newspaper VG writes….
Corona testing stations in Bergen and Trondheim closed due to cold
Trondheim Municipality decided to close the testing station at Leangen due to cold, while Bergen decided to close the Spelhaugen station. “Due to the low…
Caritas: Many immigrants in Norway are not testing themselves out of employment-related fears
A total of 17,480 people from Poland and Lithuania, which are the two countries from where the most people travel to Norway to work, were…
Tromsø Airport starts offering corona tests to passengers coming from the southern parts of Norway
On Monday, Tromsø Airport started offering corona testing to travelers coming from areas of Norway with high infection pressure. Corona testing at the airport is…
66 passengers arriving at Gardermoen from abroad on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were corona positive
Nearly 2 out of 100 corona tests at Gardermoen were positive in the middle of last week. In the same period of time, almost 2,000…
42% of passengers landing at Gardermoen on Monday didn’t test themselves. Is Norway’s trust-based system working?
On Monday, newspaper VG wrote that 42% of all passengers who landed at Gardermoen from abroad did not test themselves at the border. Now, Minister…
From today, all travelers to Norway have to undergo corona testing. Here are the details
From Saturday at 10 o’clock, everyone traveling to Norway must test for COVID-19. The test must be performed as soon as possible and no later…
New lightning-fast corona test to become available in Norway before Christmas
A new corona test that provides results after 18 minutes will be launched this autumn. The test must be performed by a healthcare professional. The…
Thousands of Norwegians skipped their coronavirus test in Oslo
A total of 4,500 people failed to show up at their coronavirus testing appointment in Oslo. In recent weeks, half of the test capacity in…
