- Closure of all schools, kindergartens and universities.
- A provision requiring primary schools and kindergartens to stay partially open in order to look after the children of key personnel in healthcare, transport and other critical social functions.
- Cultural events, sports events, gyms and businesses offering hairdressing, skincare, massage, body care and tattooing are all banned. Swimming pools will be closed.
- Buffet restaurants are banned. Other restaurants, bars and cafés must ensure guests are kept at least one metre from one another.
- A requirement for everyone arriving in Norway from outside the Nordic to enter quarantine, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. This is retroactive to 27 February.
- Restrictions on visitors to all the country's health facilities and the introduction of access control.
- People are asked not to visit institutions housing vulnerable groups (old people's home, psychiatric hospitals, prisons etc).
- Healthcare professionals working with patients are banned from travelling abroad.
“Our country is in a serious situation that affects individuals and society as a whole. It is crucial that we all participate in the national effort to avoid exposing ourselves or others to infection,” the release read.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
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