Tag: Corona virus

Norway expands Corona restrictions

The Norwegian government has expanded the region in which tough new Corona virus containment measurements will apply, to include 15 more municipalities in the...

10 regions shut including Oslo

Health Minister Bent Høie ordered a new Corona shutdown on Saturday that includes schools, day care centers, restaurants and most all stores including the...

Oslo faces new major lockdown

Residents of the Norwegian capital were told Friday night to brace for new "drastic" measures to halt the spread of a potentially more deadly...

New Corona strain shuts Nordre Follo

Two people have died after a new strain of the Corona virus from Great Britain has spread in the recently merged municipality of Nordre...

Imported infection now biggest threat

Local officials around Norway are sounding alarms over surprisingly high numbers of Norwegians who've been out traveling in recent weeks, and brought Corona virus...

Government seeks curfew permission

Alarmed by the prospect of a third wave of Corona infection, the Norwegian government has proposed imposing curfews for the first time. The proposal...

Erna orders new social shutdown

Prime Minister Erna Solberg and her government imposed a new round of even tougher social restrictions on Sunday evening, all aimed at halting the...

King offers hope and some consolation

It was probably one of the most direct and news-related royal holiday addresses ever: King Harald V used his annual speech to the nation...

Earlier Corona-related news in brief

(Here's where we compiled Corona updates from mid-March 2020, when the virus and crisis first hit Norway and ran through the rest of the...

Stricter rules loom as infection rises

Norwegians were heading into the Christmas holidays with rising uncertainty, as state and local officials warned of more social restrictions to combat another rise in...
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