Infections are on the rise in Tromsø and Bodo

Infections are on the rise in Tromsø and Bodo

The record infection, with 26 new cases, comes after several days with low infection rates in the municipality. Of the 26 infected, 21 are adult education-related cases in the city.

Of the total number of infections in the past 24 hours, 24 are close contacts. Two of those infected currently have an unknown route of infection, but the infection tracing continues, Chief Municipal Doctor Tor Claudie in the municipality of Bodo said in a press release.

Adult Education is closed all week, and all students must take the test before reopening.

A total of 68 people were isolated from Corona in Bodø on Tuesday.

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Infections are also on the rise in Tromso.

In the last 24 hours, 28 people were diagnosed with corona in Tromsø. This is the highest infection rate since the end of November. The virus is spreading especially in schools.

– This weekend we saw the numbers drop sharply. There may be a slight delay, with the infection spreading in recent days. Municipal doctor Trond Bratland tells the newspaper that this is unpredictable Northern lights.

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On Tuesday morning, the municipality is still working to get an overview of the infection situation in Tromsø schools, as it is the schoolchildren who have now been infected.

All young students in the municipality were sent for rapid tests on Monday, and Tromsø municipality is considering infection measures for secondary schools.

On Saturday, the vaccination of children at the age of twelve began. To date, about 800 of them have been vaccinated.

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– Of those, 11 are students or staff of adult education in Bodø and 10 have close contact with them so there are a total of 21 adult education-related cases of infection, according to the municipality.

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On Tuesday, the municipality of Tromsø opens for the immediate vaccination of both doses of the vaccine for all people over 18 years of age.

Because there are many vaccine hours available, residents of Tromsø can now get immediate vaccinations for dose 1 and dose 2 of the Moderna vaccine, the municipality wrote on its website. Locations.

Anyone who wants two doses must make sure that at least 28 days have passed since the first dose of the vaccine if they want to receive the vaccination.

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