Corona cancels NATO exercise
January 26, 2021
NATO’s large annual winter exercise in Norway called “Joint Viking” was halted on Tuesday, because of what Defense Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen called “a demanding infection situation” in the country. Many thought it never should have begun, since it involved the arrival of 3,000 soldiers from abroad in the midst of a pandemic.
All NATO soldiers taking part in the Joint Viking exercises were tested on arrival before going into quarantine, like here at Bardufoss. Now the entire winter exercise is being cancelled because of infection concerns in Norway as a whole. PHOTO: Forsvaret/Øyvind Baardsen