After very high infection rates for a long period in Trondheim, the presidency of the municipality now has decided to introduce new corona measures in town.
Mandatory injections were adopted in taxis and on public transport, if one can not keep one meter away.
In addition, face masks are recommended in shops, malls, hairdressers, skin care salons and similar services. The traffic light model is being introduced in schools again.
In the last 24 hours, 163 cases of infection have been registered in Trondheim. The infection record was set on November 3, when there were 218 new cases of infection.
The new measures apply until 23 November.
Raymond Johansen with strong encouragement
– Had test deficiency
On Tuesday, the City Council leader in Oslo, Raymond Johansen, also announced that in Oslo must mass test students at schools from next week.
Rita Ottervik (A), the mayor of Trondheim, reacts to this.
– I am worried that Oslo will carry out mass testing in schools, because I am worried about whether we have enough tests. Now we only have enough tests for one week at a time, Ottervik tells Dagbladet.
She states that the municipality will have to say no to parents who come and ask for tests, because they must prioritize tests for those who suspect infection.
People have lost faith
– The last time Oslo carried out mass testing, there was a shortage of tests in our municipality. We must ensure that there are enough tests throughout the country, says the mayor.
She emphasizes that it is important that schools in Oslo have good guidelines and tools for dealing with the corona crisis.
In line with the presidency adopting a bandage order in public transport, the municipality also encourages a low threshold for testing, and that you do not visit nursing homes if you have respiratory symptoms or infection in your own household.
Considering coronapass in Norway
– Well enough supplied
Oslo Municipality informs Dagbladet that they do not want to comment on the case and refers to the Norwegian Directorate of Health, which has the task of distributing the corona tests to the various municipalities in the country.
Assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad writes in an e-mail to Dagbladet that the Norwegian Directorate of Health is now in the process of ordering more rapid tests, so that Norway is well enough supplied with corona tests for the rest of the year.
– Currently, we have enough tests for all municipalities that need it, also for school testing, writes Nakstad.
TEST: Assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad says that Norway is well equipped with corona tests. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB
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Nevertheless, he points out that if more municipalities start with mass testing, then the use of tests must be reconsidered.
– If the consumption of the quick tests should be very high over a long period in very many municipalities, we will of course have to reconsider the use of the tests. We are in regular dialogue with Norwegian municipalities about this, so the situation is reassessed every single week, he writes.
– Two things are becoming important now
Concerned about hospital capacity
The mayor of Trondheim is now concerned about the infection situation in the municipality.
– We have had an infection situation where the infection has been high for a long time. There are many children who have been infected, who have infected their parents who in turn have taken the infection further into society. This is worrying, because we also see that vaccinated people are getting infected.
Ottervik also points out that there are more people who are ill with respiratory symptoms in the municipality. She is now worried about her hospital capacity.
– What worries me is that we have had a high infection rate. St. Olav’s hospital is now on yellow alert, at the same time as there are many hospitalized corona patients and children with RS virus. As a result, many now have to postpone operations. The capacity of the hospitals has exploded and it is worrying that more people are now also infected in the nursing homes, says the mayor.
NIPH turns after one month
She tells Dagbladet that it is difficult for the municipality to introduce new measures, because many are of the opinion that the corona pandemic is over. She emphasizes that it is not.
– I think that both national and local authorities are unsure of which measures are most considerate and effective to introduce now. We have been concerned not to introduce overly restrictive measures yet, and we are in daily dialogue with both the Norwegian Directorate of Health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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