Norway again hardens COVID-19 curbs to try to halt spread

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OSLO: The Norwegian government introduced stricter rules on Tuesday (Dec 7) to limit the spread of COVID-19, including a cap on the number of visitors in private homes and shortening the hours bars and restaurants can serve alcohol. The Nordic country has seen a surge of COVID-19 infections in recent weeks

OSLO: The Norwegian government introduced stricter rules on Tuesday to limit the spread of COVID-19, including a cap on the number of visitors in private homes and shortening the hours bars and restaurants can serve alcohol.

"We really wished we were done with the pandemic. But the situation is now so serious that we must put in place new measures to keep control," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a news conference.Households should not invite more than 10 visitors, and people must keep a distance of at least one metre from anyone who is not a member of the household. The serving of alcohol must stop at midnight every day, he added.

A one-off exception will be made during the upcoming Christmas holidays, where each household can pick a single day to have as many as 20 visitors, the prime minister said.Companies hit by the restrictions will receive compensations from the government, Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum said.

 

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