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– This means that we can use a corona passport if necessary. It is not a decision whether we will use it now. It may be used in the reopening of society, and to avoid layoffs, says city council representative Erling Moe from the Liberal Party to NRK.
It is the presidency that will decide how the corona passport will be used.
– I think it is a good decision, because I think that we as a municipality should have the tools available to be able to keep society going, says Moe.
Unvaccinated people can get passports
He emphasizes that the decision should not be discriminatory against unvaccinated people. You can get a corona passport as unvaccinated, if you carry out a test.
However, municipal director Morten Wolden did not recommend introducing the possibility of using a corona passport now. It was an additional proposal on two points from the Conservatives, the Labor Party, the Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats that was adopted. It reports Adresseavisen.
Norway is awaiting
A number of European countries, including Sweden, have used corona passports to keep society open. Norwegian authorities are hesitant.
State Secretary Ole Henrik Bjørkhold (Labor Party) in the Ministry of Health and Care Services told NTB on Wednesday that although there are many indications that the vaccine protects against serious illness, it is now more uncertain how much effect it has on the spread of infection. Especially with omikron.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the Norwegian Directorate of Health have recently recommended awaiting the use of corona passports.
The Norwegian Directorate of Health was previously positive about using this.
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