https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Those under 45 with no underlying conditions probably won’t be offered a fourth Covid vaccine dose this autumn, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) said Friday.  https://www.thelocal.no/20220527/norway-unlikely-to-offer-fourth-covid-vaccine-dose-to-under-45s Fri, 27 May 2022 12:03:50 +0200 norway-unlikely-to-offer-fourth-covid-vaccine-dose-to-under-45s Norway said Friday it would open Covid vaccinations to 5-11 year-olds on a voluntary basis but stopped short of issuing an official recommendation. https://www.thelocal.no/20220114/norway-opens-covid-jabs-to-5-11-year-olds Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:10:22 +0100 norway-opens-covid-jabs-to-5-11-year-olds All residents in Oslo aged over 18 can get a drop-in coronavirus booster at the vaccination centre in Stovner from Thursday, January 6th. https://www.thelocal.no/20220105/oslo-to-offer-drop-in-covid-boosters-to-everyone-over-18 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:17:33 +0100 oslo-to-offer-drop-in-covid-boosters-to-everyone-over-18 The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) does not currently recommend a booster jab against Covid-19 for people who have been infected with the coronavirus since receiving the second dose of their original vaccination. https://www.thelocal.no/20211220/norway-says-covid-19-booster-jab-not-needed-after-two-doses-plus-infection Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:22:27 +0100 norway-says-covid-19-booster-jab-not-needed-after-two-doses-plus-infection Rights lawyers and activists said Thursday they were mulling legal action against Norway and other countries blocking efforts at the World Trade Organization to lift patent protections on Covid vaccines. https://www.thelocal.no/20211126/lawyers-eye-action-against-norway-and-others-blocking-covid-jab-patent-waiver Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:44:22 +0100 lawyers-eye-action-against-norway-and-others-blocking-covid-jab-patent-waiver The EU's drug agency cleared Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 on Thursday, the first jab to be approved in a cohort where the virus is rapidly spreading. https://www.thelocal.no/20211125/eu-approves-first-covid-jab-for-children-aged-5-to-11 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:13:45 +0100 eu-approves-first-covid-jab-for-children-aged-5-to-11 Norway said in Friday it will offer all residents over 18 a third Covid-19 vaccine dose. The Norwegian booster programme has both similarities and differences to those in other European countries. https://www.thelocal.no/20211112/how-does-norways-booster-campaign-compare-to-other-countries Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:00:01 +0100 how-does-norways-booster-campaign-compare-to-other-countries People over the age of 18 in Norway will be offered a third Covid-19 vaccine dose, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced at a government press conference on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20211112/norway-to-offer-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-everyone-over-18 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:48:40 +0100 norway-to-offer-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-everyone-over-18 The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) said Thursday it was preparing for a third coronavirus vaccine dose to be offered to under-65s in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20211111/norway-gets-ready-to-give-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-under-65s Thu, 11 Nov 2021 12:58:29 +0100 norway-gets-ready-to-give-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-under-65s People vaccinated in an EU or Schengen zone country are being warned that they may have to self-isolate if they travel to the UK, since the British contact tracing service does not recognise them as being fully vaccinated. https://www.thelocal.no/20211025/european-travellers-warned-they-may-to-self-isolate-in-uk Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:49:12 +0200 european-travellers-warned-they-may-to-self-isolate-in-uk People over 65 in Norway will be offered coronavirus booster jabs six months after their second dose, Minister of Health Bent Høie said on Tuesday.  https://www.thelocal.no/20211005/norway-to-offer-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-over-65s Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:11:20 +0200 norway-to-offer-covid-19-booster-jabs-to-over-65s The European Medicines Agency has given its approval for a third Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for all adults in order to increase immunity levels, paving the way for booster jabs to be rolled out across the EU. https://www.thelocal.no/20211004/eu-medicines-agency-approves-covid-19-booster-vaccine-for-all-adults Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:26:03 +0200 eu-medicines-agency-approves-covid-19-booster-vaccine-for-all-adults After much confusion, criticism and contradictory messages the UK government has discreetly changed its Covid border rules - meaning that those vaccinated in Europe with mixed doses are considered fully inoculated and therefore can avoid quarantine. https://www.thelocal.no/20210922/update-uk-says-european-travellers-with-mixed-covid-doses-do-count-as-fully-vaccinated Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:03:59 +0200 update-uk-says-european-travellers-with-mixed-covid-doses-do-count-as-fully-vaccinated Up to 10,000 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine could go to waste in Bergen due to residents preferring Pfizer jabs.  https://www.thelocal.no/20210910/why-people-in-western-norway-are-turning-down-moderna-covid-19-vaccines Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:48:20 +0200 why-people-in-western-norway-are-turning-down-moderna-covid-19-vaccines Children aged between 12 and 15 will be offered Covid-19 vaccines, and the lifting of the last national coronavirus restrictions in Norway has been delayed, Prime Minister Erna Solberg announced Thursday. https://www.thelocal.no/20210902/breaking-norway-delays-lifting-of-covid-19-measures-and-announces-vaccination-of-12-15-year-olds Thu, 02 Sep 2021 14:47:06 +0200 breaking-norway-delays-lifting-of-covid-19-measures-and-announces-vaccination-of-12-15-year-olds Norway has overpaid by almost four billion kroner for its Covid-19 jabs, and the consequences are much larger than the monetary cost, a report from The People's Vaccine Alliance claimed Thursday.  https://www.thelocal.no/20210819/report-claims-norway-has-overpaid-for-covid-19-vaccines Thu, 19 Aug 2021 16:49:51 +0200 report-claims-norway-has-overpaid-for-covid-19-vaccines The Norwegian government announced Wednesday evening that it would begin offering 16-and-17-year-olds in the country Covid-19 vaccinations once everyone over 18 had received their second dose. https://www.thelocal.no/20210819/norway-to-offer-16-and-17-year-olds-covid-19-vaccine Thu, 19 Aug 2021 13:32:30 +0200 norway-to-offer-16-and-17-year-olds-covid-19-vaccine While more than half of all French teenagers have had at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, other countries don't offer it to under 18s while in some places it depends on where you live - here's a look at the policy on vaccinating children around Europe (and in the USA and Canada). https://www.thelocal.no/20210818/compared-how-covid-vaccination-rules-for-children-differ-around-europe Wed, 18 Aug 2021 18:03:57 +0200 compared-how-covid-vaccination-rules-for-children-differ-around-europe The UK government has changed its travel rules to demand that fully vaccinated arrivals in England must quarantine if they had two different vaccine doses - a practice common across Europe and taken up by thousands including German chancellor Angela Merkel. https://www.thelocal.no/20210813/uk-changes-travel-rules-again-to-impose-quarantine-on-european-arrivals-who-had-mixed-vaccine-doses Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:58:57 +0200 uk-changes-travel-rules-again-to-impose-quarantine-on-european-arrivals-who-had-mixed-vaccine-doses An extra shipment of Covid-19 vaccines means Norway will scrap the last remaining national coronavirus restrictions two weeks earlier than previously anticipated, the government announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.no/20210813/norway-to-lift-last-national-covid-measures-two-weeks-earlier-than-planned Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:44:17 +0200 norway-to-lift-last-national-covid-measures-two-weeks-earlier-than-planned