The “sunset regulations” are what the health councilor Robert Steen (Labor Party) calls the local measures that are still left in Oslo.
These measures apply until 4 July. After that, the plan is for them to be removed for good, Steen confirms to TV 2.
– We call it the sunset regulations. This means that the sun goes down in the regulations on 4 July. Then these special provisions that are left are repealed, including a stop to drinking, he says.
When these measures are removed, Oslo will also follow only the national measures.
These “sunset provisions” apply in Oslo until 4 July:
- Prohibition of Russian celebrations in Russian buses.
- Order for home office.
- Pouring stop from 24.00.
- Requirements for the use of face masks in public transport and in taxis.
- Recommendation to avoid unnecessary travel by public transport.
– OPENS MORE: Health councilor Robert Steen at Brutus wore when Oslo opened for pouring on 26 May. From 5 July, Oslo will follow the national bar rules. Photo: Per Haugen / TV 2
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Action: Disproportionate
Throughout the winter and this spring, Oslo has had stricter measures than the rest of the country.
Tuesday afternoon announced Oslo City Council that from Wednesday at 12 o’clock a number of measures will be removed. Among other things, the requirement for face masks in shops and restaurants and so on is removed, the pouring time is extended from 10 pm to midnight and the ban on having a maximum of 10 people in private homes is lifted.
Kristin Krohn Devold, CEO of NHO Reiseliv, tells NTB that they are pleased that Oslo is removing most of the local coronary restrictions.
– It was high time that Oslo switched to national rules. This will mean that a few more birthdays, confirmations and a few smaller weddings can go off the rails, she says.
– AT A HIGH TIME: Kristin Krohn Devold, CEO of NHO Reiseliv, believes it was high time to remove the local measures in Oslo. One special measure should also have been removed, she believes. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB
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She criticizes that Oslo chooses to keep the bar stop at midnight until 4 July.
– It is disproportionately long to wait, says Krohn Devold.
– Sunny day
Health Councilor Steen thinks it’s a good day.
– We wonder if this is the last corona press conference we have had, Steen says.
– Today is a glorious sunny day, and it’s not just the sun I’m talking about, he also says.
The health council says that something he has learned during the pandemic is that one “should never say never”, and that one “should never say always”. Thus, it may both mean that this may have been the last press conference with the City Council in Oslo, or there may be another this summer, possibly in August.
– I understand that people are surprised
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– So the variation is there, but that it is going in the right direction the way now, that we smile at the town hall, that is a fact, Steen says.
Not afraid of relapse
The Delta variant, the Indian variant, is closely monitored by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. It is currently unknown whether it causes more serious disease than the other variants of the coronavirus.
Steen is not afraid of relapse, but it is because the population in Oslo continues to follow advice and rules, and that they keep their distance. From Wednesday, the distance in Oslo has been reduced from two meters to one meter.
Although the requirement to wear a face mask has been removed in restaurants, gyms and other public places, people are still advised to wear it.
There is still a requirement to wear a face mask when taking public transport or a taxi.
Steen says that he himself will continue to use it, and he does not think it will be easy for people not to go with it.
– It is a new habit, and it will take a while before we put it away, says the health council.
Delay also in Oslo
Earlier Tuesday The National Institute of Public Health updated its vaccine scenario.
Those between the ages of 18 and 44 will be offered a second vaccine dose by mid-October, FHI estimates. It is four to five weeks later than previously thought.
The reason why the scenario has changed again is because Pfizer is not delivering as many doses this summer as the government had thought.
In the updated scenario, FHI estimates that the age group 18-41 years, which is last on the priority list, will be offered its first dose in week 31-32, ie at the beginning or middle of August. It’s two or three weeks later than that previous scenario at week 29.
Oslo is naturally affected by the fact that Norway receives fewer doses.
– The mathematical proportion of the 900,000 is somewhere between 150,000 and 170,000 doses. That is what we set in the course of two to three weeks, so there will be a delay in our vaccination program, says health councilor Steen.
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