This week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named Norway as a “very high” country at risk of travel after the Scandinavian country lifted the COVID-19 pandemic restriction last week.
The CDC currently designates the country as “Level 4: COVID-19 Very High”. according to On that website. “Avoid traveling to Norway,” the CDC website said in a Monday update about Norway. Highest human development index in the world. “If you need to travel to Norway, make sure you are fully vaccinated before you travel.”
Norway announced that it would lift all CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus regulations and held a celebration last weekend.
“It’s been 561 days since we introduced Norway’s toughest measures in peacetime, and now it’s time to return to normal daily life,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg.
Solberg later said that Norwegian health experts supported the decision.
“We are not strict [CCP virus] We will take action unless it is professionally justified. People must be allowed to live the way they want, “Solberg told the Norwegian newspaper VG over the weekend.
Her statement is because one of Norway’s highest health authorities has compared COVID-19 to influenza and said it will not classify the virus as a dangerous disease in the near future.
“We are now at a new stage where we must consider the coronavirus as one of several respiratory illnesses with seasonal fluctuations,” Geir Bukholm, assistant director of the Norwegian Institute for Public Health, told news agency VG last week. rice field. “This is because the majority of people at risk are protected,” Bukholm said, referring to the country’s vaccination campaign.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the announcement will allow Norway to operate certain venues and restaurants at full capacity as well, without requiring businesses to implement social distance measures.
“We have lived for a long time with strict border measures. This is important in combating imported infectious diseases. Now, when we move into normal daily life, the government enters the country. We are proposing to gradually relax the restrictions, which will be done under strict supervision, “translated Monica Meland, Minister of Legal and Emergency Management. statement On the government website.
Earlier this month, neighboring Sweden made a similar announcement, announcing that restrictions on theaters, restaurants, stadiums and related venues would be lifted on September 29.
The Epoch Times contacted the Norwegian Embassy in the United States for comment.
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Jack Phillips is a New York-based reporter for The Epoch Times.