– The experiences we have had with the mutated coronavirus in recent weeks, show that it spreads much faster than the original. That’s what municipal doctor Jostein Helgeland in Haugesund says.
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Municipal doctor Jostein Helgeland believes that we should get a new definition of what a close contact is after the more contagious virus variant has made its entrance Photo: Jan Kåre Ness / NTB
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(Stavanger Aftenblad): The main rule for being considered a close contact is that you have spent at least 15 minutes with an infected person less than two meters away.
If you are defined as close contact with a person who is infected, you must be quarantined.
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