Norway’s health institute has less than two months to prepare for corona vaccines
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) must prepare many things before the authorities can use a possible coronavirus vaccine. Everything should be ready in…
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Health institute: Norway should put entire Europe outside Nordic region on “red” list
The whole of Europe outside the Nordic region could turn “red” if the government decides to follow the recommendation of Norway’s National Insititute of Public…
Norway extends advice against travel until January 15. Here are the details
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to uphold its global travel guidelines against non-essential travel to all countries in the Schengen area/EEA, apart from…
Norwegian health institute adjusts corona death toll. The total number is 270
In an update, the National Institute of Public Health (FHI) reported three new corona-related deaths. The three deaths are not new instances that occurred in…
Norwegian health institute sounds the alarm: “Corona pandemic probably increasing nationally”
For the first time in several months, the so-called R-number is over 1 in Norway. That means that each person infected with the coronavirus infects…
Norwegian health institute: Lithuania and Iceland should be put on list of “red” countries
Norway’s National Institute of Public Health (NIPH/FHI) believes that Lithuania and Iceland, as well as the regions of Västerbotten in Sweden and Central Finland and…
More than 90% of people who died with COVID-19 in Norway also had a chronic disease
According to figures from the Cause of Death Register, almost all patients in Norway who died after being infected with the coronavirus also had a…
FHI has recommended six new “red” countries and several areas in Sweden and Denmark
The Institute of Public Health recommended several new “red” countries, including Iceland and the Netherlands, in addition to a number of areas in Sweden and…
Oslo is now “red” according to FHI’s infection requirements for other countries
In the last two weeks Oslo has registered 22.49 infected per 100,000 people. Thus, the infection rate being higher than the requirement FHI sets for…
Face masks might be recommended in Norway, already introduced in Iceland and Denmark
The use of face masks in Norway could become recommended in the event of a resurgence in the amount of infected. Iceland has introduced it…
Infection rates in Spain are over FHi’s limit
The infection rates in Spain are now at a level with what the Norwegian authorities consider a “red country”, but is still green. NIPH will…
FHI believes Norway can avoid a new wave of infection
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) believes that Norway will probably experience several minor peaks in the future, but that a larger wave of…
FHI will analyze the causes of death in Norway during the virus outbreak
The Public Health Institute (FHI) is planning analyzes of total mortality and what people have died from during the Coronavirus pandemic. The project has the…
The coronavirus is less prevalent, but more deadly
FHI estimates that just over 0.5 percent of Norwegians have been infected by the coronavirus so far. Thus, the virus is more deadly for those…
FHI is expecting an increase in corona cases in the near future
Line Vold at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) says that they expect the rates of infection to increase in the time to come,…
FHI’s Corona-app will be available just after Easter
FHI’s new infection app will notify you if you have been less than two feet away from a Coronavirus infected person for over 15 minutes….
FHI will test healthy individuals for the Coronavirus
Iceland has tested a sample of the entire population to find the dark numbers of how many are infected by the Coronavirus. FHI will do…
FHI is considering tracking people via smartphones to fight against Coronavirus
Norwegian authorities are working on an app to track people’s movements and report them to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, reports NRK. According to…
FHI: 1,926 confirmed corona infections in Norway – 183 new cases over the past day
A total of 1,926 people have now been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus in Norway. In the past 24 hours, 183 new cases…
FHI: 184 new Coronavirus infections confirmed in Norway
In the past 24 hours, the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections in Norway has risen by 184, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health….
