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Most kindergartens in Norway private: report

Over half of Norway's kindergartens are now run by private companies, according to the latest figures from Statistics Norway, with a sharp increase since the coalition government took power in 2005.

Published: 8 August 2013 10:48 CEST
Most kindergartens in Norway private: report
A kindergarten in Norway - Harald Groven
 
Today 52 percent of kindergartens in Norway are run by the private sector, compared to just 26 percent in 2005. 
 
Just 523 of the 3,400 private kindergartens are non-profit associations, down from 748 in 2005. 
 
"The large increase in corporation organization is a clear indicator of a commercialization of the sector," said Linn Herning, a spokesman for Alliance for the Welfare State. 

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Coronavirus found in Oslo kindergarten and care home

A kindergarten and an elderly care home in Oslo have shut down sections and quarantined staff after discovering coronavirus infections, in a further reminder that the pandemic is not yet over in Norway.

Published: 17 June 2020 20:45 CEST
Coronavirus found in Oslo kindergarten and care home
The Kværnerdalen kindergarten has sent home all pupils and staff from its Kumlokket unit. Photo: Oslo Municipality
The Furuset care home in Oslo closed off several units to visitors on Wednesday after three staff and one resident tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile, the Kværnerdalen kindergarten has sent home all children and staff from one of its sections after one person tested positive. 
 
Henrik Mevold, director of community relations at Oslo's elderly care department, said that the municipality was still working on testing everyone who could have come into contact with the infected. 
 
“We detected that an employee was infected there on Monday, and have continued to work on infection tracking. Over the past few days we have discovered two more employees and one resident infected,” he said. 
 
Meanwhile the municipality has sent a written message to parents and staff at the kindergarten, saying that everyone connected to its 'Kumlokket' section will be asked to go into quarantine for ten days. 
 
 
“The kindergarten has in collaboration with the municipality's consultant doctor made an assessment of who may have been in close contact with the infected,” the message reads. “This applies only to the children in Kumlokket and a few employees associated with this unit.” 
 
The two infections follow small outbreaks last week in the Oslo suburbs of Sondre Nordstrand and Alna. 
 
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