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| Norway to SHUT BORDERS to all except essential travelers to halt spread of Covid-19 variants, PM says | Norway to SHUT BORDERS to all except essential travelers to halt spread of Covid-19 variants, PM says |
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| All foreign arrivals apart from travelers on essential journeys will be banned from entering Norway as of midnight on Friday, in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 variants, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday. | All foreign arrivals apart from travelers on essential journeys will be banned from entering Norway as of midnight on Friday, in an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19 variants, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Wednesday. |
| "In practice, the border will be closed to anyone not living in Norway," Solberg told a news conference. She also promised that border controls, virus testing and quarantining would be more strictly enforced. | "In practice, the border will be closed to anyone not living in Norway," Solberg told a news conference. She also promised that border controls, virus testing and quarantining would be more strictly enforced. |
| The few exceptions to the travel shutdown include Swedish and Finnish workers in the Norwegian health service, as well as those in key sectors such as haulage. | The few exceptions to the travel shutdown include Swedish and Finnish workers in the Norwegian health service, as well as those in key sectors such as haulage. |
| However most foreign workers will be banned from entering Norway, the PM said. | However most foreign workers will be banned from entering Norway, the PM said. |
| Under the country's existing rules, arrivals from countries designated as high-risk by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) are tested for Covid-19 and must quarantine at a hotel for 10 days if they don't live in Norway. | Under the country's existing rules, arrivals from countries designated as high-risk by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) are tested for Covid-19 and must quarantine at a hotel for 10 days if they don't live in Norway. |
| Solberg also thanked Norwegians for broadly adhering to the existing health measures after the country's virus reproduction (R) number dropped to 0.6 this week, with cases down 56 percent from a fortnight ago. | Solberg also thanked Norwegians for broadly adhering to the existing health measures after the country's virus reproduction (R) number dropped to 0.6 this week, with cases down 56 percent from a fortnight ago. |
| On Sunday, the Norwegian government extended the lockdown of the capital region to include more municipalities, after the detection of the more transmissible B117 variant of Covid-19, first discovered in the UK late last year. | On Sunday, the Norwegian government extended the lockdown of the capital region to include more municipalities, after the detection of the more transmissible B117 variant of Covid-19, first discovered in the UK late last year. |
| As of Wednesday, Norway has registered 135 cases of the UK variant, as well as two cases of another strain of the virus from South Africa, according to the NIPH. | As of Wednesday, Norway has registered 135 cases of the UK variant, as well as two cases of another strain of the virus from South Africa, according to the NIPH. |
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