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MAP: Where are Norway’s coronavirus hotspots?

This map shows where coronavirus cases are currently most prevalent in Norway.

Published: 17 November 2020 13:12 CET
MAP: Where are Norway’s coronavirus hotspots?
Composite: Datawrapper/AFP

On Monday, authorities in capital Oslo announced new measures, primarily aimed at teenagers, in an effort to reduce the spread of coronavirus infections in the city.

The new restrictions are added to a ‘social lockdown’ already in place in Oslo.

The ‘social lockdown', which came into effect last Tuesday, means the closure of a broad section of sports and culture facilities, assembly limitations, as well as a ban on serving alcohol at all times.

2,204 people in Oslo have registered positive tests for Covid-19 during the last two weeks, according to Oslo Municipality figures.

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In addition to Oslo, strict local measures are also in place in Bergen, while a third city, Drammen, is now also reporting significantly increased numbers of Covid-19 cases compared to the rest of the country. In Drammen, 60 people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, NRK reported on Tuesday morning.

The following map shows the new infections per 100,000 residents for the last two weeks up until Tuesday, November 17th (scroll over for numbers and municipality name). 

It should be noted that municipalities with very small population sizes will show a high value for the measure even if they have only a handful of cases.

The data comes from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s registration system, MSIS.

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Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

Sweden's Public Health Agency is recommending that those above the age of 80 should receive two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn, as it shifts towards a longer-term strategy for the virus.

Published: 23 December 2022 10:53 CET
Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

In a new recommendation, the agency said that those living in elderly care centres, and those above the age of 80 should from March 1st receive two vaccinations a year, with a six month gap between doses. 

“Elderly people develop a somewhat worse immune defence after vaccination and immunity wanes faster than among young and healthy people,” the agency said. “That means that elderly people have a greater need of booster doses than younger ones. The Swedish Public Health Agency considers, based on the current knowledge, that it will be important even going into the future to have booster doses for the elderly and people in risk groups.” 

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People between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and young people with risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, poor kidney function or high blood pressure, are recommended to take one additional dose per year.

The new vaccination recommendation, which will start to apply from March 1st next year, is only for 2023, Johanna Rubin, the investigator in the agency’s vaccination programme unit, explained. 

She said too much was still unclear about how long protection from vaccination lasted to institute a permanent programme.

“This recommendation applies to 2023. There is not really an abundance of data on how long protection lasts after a booster dose, of course, but this is what we can say for now,” she told the TT newswire. 

It was likely, however, that elderly people would end up being given an annual dose to protect them from any new variants, as has long been the case with influenza.

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