The Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, has announced new coronavirus restrictions for the country as he tries to stop a third wave of affairs.
Reuters reports the new restrictions nationwide include a ban on alcohol in restaurants and pubs, as well as an advice to let guests stay.
“We are seeing more signs of a new wave of infections,” Solberg told a news conference.
According to Reuters, Solberg said Norwegians should stop their social lives for the next two weeks.
‘I ask you not to have visitors at home. “Wait two weeks before you invite someone home or visit others,” she added.
These new restrictions come just one day after the country closed university lectures and instructed students to stay home. Shops, kindergartens and elementary schools will remain open, Reuters said.
On New Year’s Eve, the Norwegian government announced compulsory testing for travelers arrival in Norway, must be done within 24 hours of arrival.
In the announcement, Solberg said: “We are now concerned about import infection as well as new outbreaks with new mutated versions of the virus. In addition, we are concerned that many will return to countries after Christmas from countries with an increased level of infection.”
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Norway has so far confirmed 48,278 cases of coronavirus and 436 deaths. On December 29, the country broke its record for one-day cases and reported 2,125 coronavirus infections.
“The government has been forced to make decisions very quickly,” Solberg said in her New Year’s speech, looking back to 2020. “Often in situations fraught with uncertainty. With our first try, we did not get everything right. But we revised our review. decisions to incorporate what we learn. “
Norway’s health minister Bent Hoeie said in early December that the country wanted to use the Moderna, AstraZeneca and Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines in the first quarter of 2021. three months of 2021.