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 The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is considering vaccinating final-year 'russ' students in areas of high infection to try to help control the spread of Covid-19. https://www.thelocal.no/20210422/could-final-year-high-school-students-in-norway-be-given-earlier-covid-19-vaccines Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:40:54 +0200 could-final-year-high-school-students-in-norway-be-given-earlier-covid-19-vaccines Vaccinations are a core component of Norway's plan to ease coronavirus measures and reopen society, but when will you receive yours and where can you check to find out? https://www.thelocal.no/20210608/when-will-i-receive-my-covid-19-vaccine-in-norway Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:56:42 +0200 when-will-i-receive-my-covid-19-vaccine-in-norway Find out what's going on in Norway on Friday with The Local's short roundup of important news. https://www.thelocal.no/20210611/today-in-norway-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-friday-6 Fri, 11 Jun 2021 11:53:45 +0200 today-in-norway-a-roundup-of-the-latest-news-on-friday-6 Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) declined sharply in Norway last year thanks to social distancing during the pandemic, official statistics published on Thursday showed. https://www.thelocal.no/20210603/covid-measures-cut-norways-sexually-transmitted-infections Thu, 03 Jun 2021 16:43:26 +0200 covid-measures-cut-norways-sexually-transmitted-infections The coronavirus epidemic in Norway could end during the summer, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) have predicted. https://www.thelocal.no/20210602/covid-19-epidemic-in-norway-could-disappear-by-summer Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:30:00 +0200 covid-19-epidemic-in-norway-could-disappear-by-summer Coronavirus infections fell by 19 percent in Norway compared to two weeks ago. Despite this, the R-number or reproduction rate has risen to 1.0, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s latest report. https://www.thelocal.no/20210519/norway-sees-covid-infections-fall-as-r-rate-rises Wed, 19 May 2021 18:20:19 +0200 norway-sees-covid-infections-fall-as-r-rate-rises The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) is planning to offer everyone the opportunity to be fully vaccinated by the end of the summer. https://www.thelocal.no/20210511/norway-to-offer-everyone-second-covid-19-vaccine-by-end-of-august Tue, 11 May 2021 14:27:08 +0200 norway-to-offer-everyone-second-covid-19-vaccine-by-end-of-august The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) will run multiple test concerts with a capacity of 5,000 people to see if large public events can take place without the risk of Covid-19 breakouts occurring. https://www.thelocal.no/20210505/norway-to-trial-live-concerts-with-mass-covid-testing Wed, 05 May 2021 17:48:16 +0200 norway-to-trial-live-concerts-with-mass-covid-testing The chief physician with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has suggested Norway split its plan to lift coronavirus restrictions into two geographical regions. Three quarters of new infections are currently being registered in Oslo and Viken county. https://www.thelocal.no/20210413/norwegian-senior-medic-calls-for-geographical-division-of-covid-19-restrictions Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:13:32 +0200 norwegian-senior-medic-calls-for-geographical-division-of-covid-19-restrictions The reproduction rate or R-number for Covid-19 in Norway is currently 1.0, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s weekly report. The previous report, for the period between February 8th and March 9th, placed the figure at 1.4. https://www.thelocal.no/20210331/norway-covid-19-infections-at-reduced-rate-in-health-authority-update Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:01:15 +0200 norway-covid-19-infections-at-reduced-rate-in-health-authority-update The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has updated its roadmap for the country’s vaccination programme. The authority expects all adults over the age of 18 to have received their first dose by mid-July. https://www.thelocal.no/20210331/norway-presents-revised-covid-19-vaccination-plan Wed, 31 Mar 2021 13:51:37 +0200 norway-presents-revised-covid-19-vaccination-plan A senior medical consultant at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has said that while there are signs the country's epidemic is turning, the situation remains unstable. https://www.thelocal.no/20210330/has-norway-passed-the-peak-of-current-coronavirus-wave Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:37:02 +0200 has-norway-passed-the-peak-of-current-coronavirus-wave Norway recorded a total of 6,328 Covid-19 cases between the 15th and 21st of March, the highest weekly number since the pandemic began, according to a report from health authorities. https://www.thelocal.no/20210324/norway-records-highest-number-of-covid-19-infections-in-single-week Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:52:43 +0100 norway-records-highest-number-of-covid-19-infections-in-single-week Norway said on Thursday it would wait before resuming use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine even though it has been declared safe by Europe's medical regulator. https://www.thelocal.no/20210319/norway-to-wait-before-resuming-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:26:46 +0100 norway-to-wait-before-resuming-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine Norway's health agency has abandoned plans to test broadly for coronavirus after judging that the spread of infection in the country is now so low that doing so would be pointless. https://www.thelocal.no/20200525/infection-rates-in-norway-too-low-to-justify-broad-testing Mon, 25 May 2020 13:40:34 +0200 infection-rates-in-norway-too-low-to-justify-broad-testing At the start of March, Norway was ready to put into action a pandemic plan quite similar to the one Sweden has had run over the past two months. But on March 12, the country changed course and went into strict lockdown. The Local asked Norway's state epidemiologist what happened. https://www.thelocal.no/20200520/interview-my-belief-is-that-we-wont-have-a-big-second-wave Thu, 21 May 2020 00:03:55 +0200 interview-my-belief-is-that-we-wont-have-a-big-second-wave The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has suggested that closing schools for 11 to 16 year olds may have even increased the spread of coronavirus in Norway. https://www.thelocal.no/20200508/closing-schools-may-made-virus-spread-faster-norway-health-agency Fri, 08 May 2020 13:37:29 +0200 closing-schools-may-made-virus-spread-faster-norway-health-agency Women who are infected with genital herpes early in their pregnancy may face twice the risk of bearing a child with autism, a team of US and Norwegian researchers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.no/20170222/genital-herpes-in-pregnancy-doubles-autism-risk-study Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:28:09 +0100 genital-herpes-in-pregnancy-doubles-autism-risk-study Norway’s public health authority has issued a warning to pregnant women not to fly to Miami, Florida, after the recent outbreak of Zika virus in the city. https://www.thelocal.no/20160802/norway-warns-pregnant-women-not-to-fly-to-miami Tue, 02 Aug 2016 21:00:13 +0200 norway-warns-pregnant-women-not-to-fly-to-miami Government researchers in Norway removed the organs of 1,000 accident victims, without asking their relatives, to build up a biobank of control tissues for their experiments, the country's VG newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.no/20140627/researchers-took-organs-from-1000-activist-victimes Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:15:00 +0200 researchers-took-organs-from-1000-activist-victimes