Stricter rules loom as infection rises
December 23, 2020 warned
of more social restrictions to combat another rise in infection levels. A ban on flights from the UK, meanwhile, was extended.
Airports have been unusually quiet this holiday season, with lots of trips home for the holidays cancelled. Now the government is warning of even more restrictions. PHOTO: OSL Gardermoen
Few people probably need a Christmas break more than Health Minister Bent Høie and other state health authorities, who’ve hardly had a day off since the Corona pandemic began in March. Høie nonetheless felt a need on Wednesday to signal new national restrictions during the next week, noting that “infection is not taking a holiday.”