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In a press release, FHI writes that this includes two cases in Øygarden municipality, 13 confirmed cases related to the Christmas table in Oslo and four travelers to Oslo Airport Gardermoen from South Africa.
A super-spreader Christmas table in Oslo last weekend thus accounts for 13 of the omikron cases. In total there are over 80 people infected after the Christmas table.
– There are many suspects infected with omicron in this outbreak, and they are treated as omicron-infected to reduce the risk of further spread, says department director Line Vold in FHI to NRK.
FHI is working on analyzing positive coronavirus samples, to see which variant they are.
Friday was the third time this week with a peak of infection. At that time, 4191 cases were registered in Norway. The weekly figures also show that the infection trend is rising sharply.
On Friday, 262 corona patients were hospitalized. There were as many as the day before. 68 of the patients are in the intensive care unit, and among them 45 are on a respirator.
There are four more on intensive care and six more on a respirator compared with the day before, according to the Norwegian Directorate of Health’s overview.
– Do not panic
Thursday was new infection measures introduced throughout the country, with extra strict measures in several municipalities in Eastern Norway. New injunctions have also been introduced in the Bergen area.
According to FHI’s department director Line Vold, it is too early to say whether the omicron variant has a milder course of disease than other variants.
– There were some reports that you see that it is a milder process, and then we do not know for sure how much confidence we can attach to it. Because in South Africa where there is the most infection now, the composition of the population is quite different than in Norway and Europe, Vold tells NRK.
The Omikron variant is causing concern both in Norway and the rest of the world. So far, the variant has been discovered in over 40 countries.
And Norway is not the only country with new measures as a result of the variant. In the Netherlands, there is a lockdown between 5 pm and 5 am. In Germany, politicians will vote on whether to introduce a vaccine requirement after the New Year.
However, WHO chief researcher Soumya Swaminathan yesterday urged not to panic:
– How restless should we be? We must be prepared and careful, do not panic, because we are in a different situation than a year ago, she said in an interview with Reuters.
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