12.02.2022: Archived
03.02.2022: Added paragraph about confirming positive self-tests with PCR.
02.02.2022: Update after regulation changes 01.02.2022 about follow-up of close contacts.
27.01.2022: Update according to regulation change 26.01.2022 - daily testing can replace quarantine for household members
25.01.2022: Emphasised that municipalities cannot contact all infected people to offer help, and that infected people are encouraged to contact the municipality for assistance.
19.01.2022: Corrections in text regarding other close contacts.
17.01.2022: Correction test household members.
17.01.2022: 17.01.2022: Change to section "Continuous exposure": All test methods can be used to be tested out of quarantine by continuous exposure.
In addition, changes have been made throughout the article in accordance with the regulatory changes 14.01.22, (no longer quarantine obligation for other close contacts and changes to test recommendations).
17.01.2022: 10.01.2022 Specified rules for delivering and picking up children outside of working hours. Edited text about children under 18 years/students in high school under Follow-up of other close contacts.
06.01.2022: Updated in accordance with changes to the COVID-19 regulations on 1 January 2022, and a few links added.
29.12.2021: Updated according to regulation change 28.12.2021 about critical personnel.
22.12.2021: Changed type of test that can be used to be tested out of quarantine after changes to the COVID-19 regulation 21.12.21.
21.12.2021: Added information that quarantine rules for vaccinated and having had covid-19 are being assessed on an ongoing basis. Added links to close contact definition.
16.12.2021: Clarification about testing children and adolescents who are other close contacts.
16.12.2021: Added further details for quarantine for household members
15.12.2021: Updated after regulation changes 14.12.2021
13.12.2021: Updated with information about people who work in critical societal functions
09.12.2021: Updated with information about the omicron variant
06.12.2021: Small adjustments in the follow-up of close contacts in line with current regulations. Household members and similar relatives are advised to avoid indoor leisure activities and events as long as the infected person is isolated.
02.12.2021: Isolation duty, quarantine and testing
29.11.2021: Added text with link to «Spesifikke TISK-tiltak for omikronvarianten»
23.11.2021: Updated to be as Norwegian version. Some corrections regarding testing of partially vaccinated. Added a link to the information sheet "To you who have taken a coronavirus test". Update that employees in the health and care service are recommended the same testing as the population, but also advice on the use of personal protective equipment.
17.11.2021: Same advice for partially vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
12.11.2021: Updated after new testing recommendations in TISK (test, isolate, contact tracing, quarantine)
11.11.2021: New sentences: For household members and equivalent close contacts with continuous exposure, the last exposure will be calculated from the time the last person in the household comes out of isolation. The number of days of wearing a face mask can be reduced to 7 days from the last exposure if employees have taken a PCR test that is negative no earlier than day 7. Employees should strive to keep their distance from colleagues, possibly using face masks when they are in close contact.
05.10.2021: Clarification of advice for employees in the health and care service who are defined as close contacts.
04.10.2021: Updated information regarding employees in the health and care service who are unvaccinated / partially vaccinated and who are defined close contacts outside the workplace.
25.09.2021: The title has been adjusted and the text has been updated in connection with the transition to normal daily life with increased preparedness.
25.09.2021: Revised and adapted content for adjusted TISK and normal daily life with increased preparedness. The quarantine part has been removed as it is no longer valid, but entry quarantine is described in a separate chapter.
13.09.2021: Changes in regular testing alternatives, reformulations
10.09.2021: Clarifications in table under Testing and follow-up in the health service, added link to use of protective equipment
08.09.2021: clarification of care for children in isolation
02.09.2021: added alternatives to regular testing.
01.09.2021: Interval for tests in quarantine test. Regular testing as an alternative test regime in quarantine testing. No quarantine exempions for pupils and students in health professions
30.08.2021: Updated text about accepted COVID-19 certificates and added link to list of accepted COVID-19 certificates (Lovdata)
29.08.2021: Updated according to extended exemption from quarantine after being defined as close contact, for those who have recovered from covid-19 within the last 12 months.
24.08.2021: Updates to "Testing as an alternative to quarantine"
17.08.2021: Amended text in accordance with amendments to COVID--19 regulations §6d on exemptions for children crossing the border in connection with agreed visitation or shared residence, Added that the NHS COVID pass from England / Wales is considered secure documentation of vaccination / recovery from illness. Added about testing as alternative to quarantine as per 16.8
10.08.2021: Clarification about testing with symptoms
29.07.2021: Updated sentence: Isolation applies to those who have confirmed SARS-CoV-2 or probable COVID-19 and also applies if you are fully vaccinated or protected
27.07.2021: Minor change i section about "isolation of people with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 upon arrival in Norway"
01.07.2021: Added clarification regarding time of exposure / first close contact for exemptions from the infection quarantine for partially vaccinated people.
01.07.2021: Updated text in accordance with a change in the COVID-19 regulations that the waiting quarantine scheme will be removed from 1 July. Changed from 1 to 2 m and added alternative test regime in table 1.
29.06.2021: New tables 1 and 2 and advice for health personnel
28.06.2021: clarification of sentence about partially vaccinated healthcare professionals
24.06.2021: Changed to refer to EU COVID-19 certificates
23.06.2021: Added that the Swedish COVID-19 certificate is not yet ready for this use.
23.06.2021: Clarification that other nucleic acid amplification tests (NAT) are considered equivalent to PCR tests (also specified in the COVID-19 regulations)
23.06.2021: Added that Fully vaccinated health personnel from Sweden and Finland who are employed in the Norwegian health service are granted an exemption from entry quarantine.
The employer and client are obliged to obtain and assess documentation that the health personnel are protected.
21.06.2021: Added that Swedish and Danish COVID-19 certificates are approved documentation of vaccination and having had COVID-19, plus some minor language changes.
17.06.2021: Added that vaccination with single dose vaccine is considered fully vaccinated from 3 weeks after vaccination
14.06.2021: Updated documentation requirements
11.06.2021: From 11.6, fully vaccinated and people who have had COVID-19 in the last 6 months will not go into quarantine. Updated information on exemptions from quarantine according to this.
08.06.2021: New sentence: For exemption from quarantine in a quarantine hotel and the possibility of shortening entry quarantine, currently the only secure and verifiable way to document status as protected is through login to helsenorge.no.
07.06.2021: From 4.6, children under the age of 12 and those who are protected against COVID-19, provided reliable documentation, can shorten the quarantine after a negative test after 3 days.
03.06.2021: Clarifications and changes added, cf. changes in the regulations §6e and §6k.
01.06.2021: Follow-up frequency should be determined based on an individual assessment.
19.05.2021: In the section "Isolation of persons who have been diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 in connection with arrival in Norway": clarification of antibody test IgG or total antibody.
18.05.2021: change from protected to partially vaccinated in advice about healthcare workers and exposure. Change in table from 3-12 weeks to 3-15 weeks
18.05.2021: Addition of advice for protected health personnel with an infected household member. Changes in exemption from the quarantine duty for those who have been vaccinated or undergone infection.
13.05.2021: Added to the EEA and Schengen area or the United Kingdom, cf. Amendments to the COVID-19 regulation from 13.5.
12.05.2021: Added that people who have been outside the EEA and Schengen area for the last 10 days cannot use public transport to the quarantine hotel, cf. the changes in section 5 of the COVID-19 regulations which came into force on 9.5.21.
10.05.2021: Removed sentence: "The following should not be exempt from quarantine duty:
Employees who are household members or in an equivalent close contact circle with the person with confirmed COVID-19."
10.05.2021: Clarification of exemptions from infection quarantine for vaccinated healthcare personnel
10.05.2021: Clarification that people who have received the first vaccine dose between 3 and 15 weeks ago should not be in infection quarantine if they take a PCR test between 3 and 7 days after exposure.
04.05.2021: Clarification about vaccinated people and infection quarantine
04.05.2021: Added information about changes in infection quarantine for vaccinated after regulatory changes
30.04.2021: Persons who have stayed in Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Nepal or Pakistan during the last 10 days before arrival in Norway shall not use public transport from the place of arrival to the quarantine hotel.
12.04.2021: Added table about exemptions after vaccination and recovery from infection.
30.03.2021: Updated because waiting quarantine for household members is added to the regulations
22.03.2021: specification of exemptions for vaccinated health workers, regardless of vaccine type.
19.03.2021: New exemption, section 6k, for vaccinated healthcare workers.
10.01.2022 Specified rules for delivering and picking up children outside of working hours. Edited text about children under 18 years/students in high school under Follow-up of other close contacts.
10.03.2021 Added "3 weeks after first dose" in section about "People in functions critical to society"
03.03.2021 Updated paragraph about quarantine, link to TISK
25.02.2021 It is specified that vaccinated foreign health personnel can be exempted from entry quarantine during working hours after a negative test upon entry.
19.02.2021: Updated according to Norwegian version. Added that fully vaccinated healthcare personnel with critical functions may be exempt from entry quarantine.
04.02.2021: Added text about South African virus variant
02.02.2021: Added text about how household members who continue to live with someone who is infected can shorten quarantine with a negative test taken 7 days after the last exposure at the earliest.
01.02.2021: Removed section about Exemptions for cross-border workers from EEA countries and Switzerland (§ 6c in covid-19 regulations) that ceased 31.1.21. Added No longer exemption from quarantine for people who have had COVID-19.
29.01.2021: Added justification for shortening quarantine by negative PCR test taken after 7 days.
26.01.2021: Updated to reflect changes to the Covid-19 regulation sections 4 and 6, in effect January 25th, 2021.
10.01.2021: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
08.01.2021: Adjusted text about exemption according to §6d after regulation changes, added vaccinated to the list of people who can be considered to be exempt according to §6e.
23.12.2020 Added that vaccination does not provide exemption from quarantine, added that separate provisions have been introduced for travellers from the United Kingdom, specified that the requirement for a 2-week-old test for exemption after undergoing COVID-19, applies at entry.
20.12.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
11.12.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
27.11.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
10.12.2020: Added "The test must have been done be at least 2 weeks ago" to section about exemptions.
05.12.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
27.11.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
20.11.2020: 23.59: Updated list of countries requiring quarantine
17.11.2020: Added "The certificate shall be in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, English, French or German."
13.11.2020 23:59: updated list of countries requiring quarantine. Added sentence "The recommended test timepoint is between day 3 and day 7 after exposure, preferably on day 5."
11.11.2020: Added "Anyone who has been exposed to COVID-19 infection, who are of lower secondary school age or above, should be tested."
07.11.2020 00:00 a.m.: Updated with tables for regions and countries affected by different exemptions from quarantine decisions for cross-border workers.
04.11.2020: Updated flow chart
02.11.2020: Quarantine section - added that household members to probable cases are in quarantine while waiting for test results. Simplified text about quarantine duration.
30.10.2020: Updated paragraph about cross-border workers according to new decisions that apply from 31 October 2020.
23.10.2020: Updated figure
08.10.2020: Updated section about duration of quarantine according to Norwegian version. Changed from Day 0 to Day 1 in bullet point about testing.
24.09.2020: Small adjustment: Carry out a new test on day 5 after arrival at the earliest...
21.09.2020: In the paragraph on exemptions for work travel the following is corrected: The exemptions in § 6c can also include people arriving from countries outside Schengen and EEA.
15.09.2020: Updated figure, changes to text about duration, as per Norwegian version. Changes to text about exemption from quarantine.
13.08.2020: Changed text so the distinction between household members and other close contacts is removed with regards to quarantine.
31.07.2020: Added the following bullet point in the section on follow-up of "other close contacts": For advice on necessary transport to the home/suitable place to stay for "other close contacts", see Infection tracing in different situations - at the bottom of the section on infection tracing after flight (in Norwegian).
10.07.2020: Updated section about Nordic, Schengen and EU/EEA countries.
03.07.2020 Added sentence that "quarantine applies during leisure time until the second test result is negative" in the list about follow-up of other close contacts and when people are exempt from quarantine duty. Clarified that "people in the "other close contacts" group should inform their employer to ensure that the above measures are followed". Specified time point for testing with exemption from quarantine so it is in accordance with the regulations. Referred to advice for different healthcare services for infection control measures when they will enter the home or treat people who are isolated or in quarantine.
01.07.2020 Updated figure about duration of quarantine and isolation. Collated measures for "other close contacts" and for exemption from quarantine in one paragraph. Explained time points for testing. Added that for healthcare workers from Sweden, the decisions for workers from the Schengen area and EEA countries apply. Added advice to employers who give exemption from quarantine.
24.06.2020
Section about exemption from quarantine - specified which groups and which quarantine rules apply - for those who have had the disease, workers from Sweden, workers from Schengen and EEA countries and key workers in critical functions.
16.06.2020
Adjustment to text about exemption from quarantine duty, including infection control measures when people are exempt.
12.06.2020
Added "if this is feasible within the follow-up time of 10 days" to the section about testing.
05.06.2020 Added figure with examples of duration. Some restructuring as per Norwegian version. Removed text about when to have exemption and what should be considered with quarantine and work.
04.06.2020 Added examples of equivalent close contacts. Added sentence about testing
03.06.2020
"Close contacts" split into "household members and equivalent" and "other", and how they should be followed up is described. Changes in order (isolation first), text adjustments and links to other pages.
29.05.2020
Added references. Added links about impending quarantine rules. Added information about background for updates to quarantine (7th May) that had not been translated.
26.05.2020
Added first paragraph under section "exemption from quarantine."
08.05.2020
Changed duration of quarantine to 10 days from 14 days. Added sentence about quarantine not applying to people who have had confirmed COVID-19
30.04.2020
Added definition of probable case under "Duration of home quarantine."
29.04.2020
Added "Employees who have recovered from COVID-19 disease, confirmed by a recommended laboratory method".
17.04.2020
Updated two sentences as per Norwegian version. First sentence under Home isolation and sentence in Background about quarantine lasting until the person comes out of isolation.
14.04.2020
Updated text. Added "probable COVID-19" as a category.
03.04.2020
Updated text according to Norwegian version
31.03.2020
Removed "or no" from first bullet point under background, as per Norwegian version
17.03.2020 - updated text about quarantine according to changes in the Norwegian text
14.03.2020 - added link to travel advice with information about quarantine rules
13.03.2020
Updates to reflect changes in the Norwegian text "everyone who has travelled outside of the Nordic Region
12.03.2020
Changed text according to Norwegian text. Moved section about background. Added "Healthcare personnel who live in the same household as suspected cases until laboratory test results are ready".
09.03.2020
Changed text according to Norwegian text. Removed text about work restrictions for employees in health service after changes in quarantine advice. Quarantine applies to everyone who has been in areas with ongoing transmission.