A new French corona vaccine could be approved in the EU and Norway
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will consider a possible approval of the corona vaccine produced by the French company Sanofi Pasteur. EMA has started a…
Corona vaccines
Two out of three Norwegians believe vaccine companies should share the formulas for corona vaccines
Many Norwegians believe that vaccine companies should share their formulas for COVID-19 vaccines. In the survey conducted by Respons Analyze for Save the Children and…
One million people in Norway have received the first vaccine dose: “People cry with joy when we call them”
One million Norwegians have now received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. In Oslo’s Bjerke district, 10,000 of the doses have been administered, and…
Oslo hospital staff saved 161 vaccine doses from being discarded – by volunteering to get vaccinated
More than 160 vaccine doses that were supposed to be thrown away in Kongsvinger have instead been given to volunteers at Oslo University Hospital. At…
FHI: Many immigrants in Norway are skeptical of vaccines but good at following infection rules
Immigrants score better on compliance with infection control rules than Norwegians, but many are skeptical about vaccination, according to a report from the National Institute…
DPA: 34 million vaccine doses have been exported outside of the EU since February 1
According to the news agency DPA, pharmaceutical companies have exported 34 million vaccine doses out of the EU since February 1. The agency referred to…
Oslo could get 43% more vaccines according to new strategy
The government’s announced change in the vaccine strategy gives Oslo up to 43% more vaccines than before. The change has taken place after professional input…
Update: Nearly 400,000 Norwegians have received the first corona vaccine dose
A total of 391,072 people have so far been vaccinated with the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in Norway, the National Institute of Public…
Norway’s Health Minister: If the Sputnik V vaccine is approved, it may become relevant for Norway
Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie (H) confirmed that the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V might be relevant for Norway. On Thursday, the…
Over half a million doses of corona vaccines have been administered in Norway
A total of 344,669 people have been vaccinated with the first dose of the corona vaccine in Norway, the FHI’s statistics show on Wednesday. Furthermore,…
Mayors in Finnmark want Russia’s Sputnik corona vaccine
Mayors in Finnmark want Norway to use the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to speed up vaccination against the coronavirus in the country. Several mayors in…
Norway’s health institute: We are beginning to see the effect of the vaccination of the elderly
With fewer hospital admissions and fewer deaths being recorded, the National Institute of Public Health (FHI) now believes that we are beginning to see the…
Update: 198,818 Norwegians have received the first dose of the corona vaccine
A total of 198,818 people have been vaccinated with the first dose of the corona vaccine in Norway, according to the National Institute of Public…
The Red Cross will spend almost 1 billion kroner to support the vaccination of half a billion people
The Red Cross will spend almost a billion kroner to help 500 million people in more than 100 countries to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The…
Mayors in Eastern Norway municipalities demand a larger share of the vaccines for densely populated areas
Densely populated areas should receive a larger share of the vaccine doses, according to the mayors of Nordre Follo, Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad, which are affected…
Corona vaccines are on their way to Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan
Two Norwegian soldiers in Afghanistan have been diagnosed with coronavirus and are in isolation. The Armed Forces have now been informed that the vaccines are…
Norway’s health institute refuses to rank different corona vaccines
The National Institute of Public Health (FHI) will not rank the different vaccines, even if the corona vaccine from AstraZeneca really does reduce the spread…
Swiss pharma giant Novartis to assist Pfizer and BioNTech with corona vaccine production
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has entered into an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech to assist them in the production of the corona vaccines. According…
EU introduces vaccine export control: “We paid these companies to increase production, and we expect them to deliver”
The European Commission (EC) has introduced a register to monitor exports of corona vaccines produced at EU plants to stop “inappropriate” exports. The register has…
89 Norwegian municipalities will only receive one corona vaccine vial this week
All Norwegian municipalities will receive corona vaccines this week. But 89 of them will receive only one vial, according to figures from the Norwegian Institute…
