We may retain the ascendancy, we have over coronasmitten, says Norwegian minister of health.
Norway has got coronasmitten under control, says the Norwegian minister of health Bent High, at a press conference Monday.
– Before we introduced the strict measures, infected every person in Norway with a corona in an average of 2.5 other people, he says.
– Now shows the new numbers from Folkehelseinstituttet, to each coronasmittet in Norway is likely to spill in an average of 0.7 other person. It means that we’ve got coronaepidemien under control, it sounds very uplifting message from the minister.
He adds, that the measures which were put in place, seems to have worked.
– the Measures we have adopted to get a use. We must keep, ” says Bob Noble.
the Head of Folkehelseinstituttet, Camilla Stoltenberg, stresses that there are uncertainties in the calculations of the smittetallet.
– But our view is that we have seen a positive development, and this is reflected also in the models, she says.
the health minister says that the Norwegian hospitals can now begin to plan a more normal operation and more planned care, wherever possible.
Many of the Norwegian hospitals have, as in other countries, had to adapt, after coronavirusset made its first appearance in Europe in February and march.
– at the same time, we must continue to work to build a intensivkapacitet with that in mind, we still have a coronaepidemi, says Bob Noble.
Norway has been spared in relation to other countries in Europe, according to figures from the Johns Hopkins University, which follows coronavirussets time on the globe.
Norway has almost as many inhabitants as Denmark, but has only recorded 74 coronadødsfald. Denmark has 187.
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