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The NIPH recommends reserving vaccines for 15,000 employees in specialist health care. The primary health care can receive up to 20 per cent of the doses designated for the municipalities.
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Have you taken a coronavirus test and wonder when your test result will be available on the Helsenorge website? A new system is being launched to tell you that your test result is ready.
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In Finland, Lappi Hospital District may become red, and Vaasa Hospital District may become yellow in this week's recommendations about entry quarantine from other countries and regions.
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Based on the current infection situation, the elderly in nursing homes and residential care homes, as well as people at increased risk should be given priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
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This week, only travellers from three districts in Finland are exempt from quarantine upon arrival in Norway if the Government follows NIPH’s recommendations about entry quarantine.
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NIPH recommends several changes in the entry quarantine for Finland and exemption from quarantine for cross-border workers from Ireland.
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The NIPH recommends entry quarantine from the Southern Savo hospital district in Finland and removal of exemptions from entry quarantine for both this district and the Jämtland region in Sweden.
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The NIPH recommends that the government should introduce entry quarantine for Faroe Islands and three hospital districts in Finland. No changes are proposed for other countries.
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health recommends that the government should introduce entry quarantines for 3 new districts in Finland.
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There were more registered cases of COVID-19 in some occupations than in others, according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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The Norwegian Institute of Public Health recommends introducing entry quarantine for 4 new districts in Finland, and remove the entry quarantine for travellers from 6 other districts.
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Workers from abroad who, during the last 10 days before arriving in Norway, have resided in areas with high transmission will no longer be exempt from entry quarantine upon arrival in Norway.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to the Swedish region Kalmar.
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The company responsible for the Smittestop app in Denmark will develop the Norwegian app for digital contact tracing.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to six hospital districts in Finland.
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From this week, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has changed the way test activity is presented for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway.
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The virus variant is helping to understand the dynamics of the outbreak.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to Cyprus, Latvia and Liechtenstein as well as regions in Sweden and hospital districts in Finland.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to the Swedish regions Blekinge and Södermanland, as well as the Finnish region Nyland (Uusimaa).
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NIPH starts working on a new app for digital contact tracing based on Google’s and Apple’s Exposure Notifications System.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is extending the travel advice from 1 October 2020 to 15 January 2021, and still advises against non-essential travel.
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On September 24, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) reported three new coronavirus-related deaths. The date of death for the deaths is divided into weeks 37, 38 and 39.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to Estonia, the region of Södra Savolax (Etelä-Savo) in Finland, and the Danish regions of Zealand and North Jutland.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to Slovakia and Hungary, as well as regions in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is advising against non-essential travel to Italy, Slovenia, Vatican City and San Marino.
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27, 500 participants in 76 countries contributed to one of the largest brain health surveys ever, providing insight into how people view brain health.
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Germany and Liechtenstein will change from yellow to red on Saturday 29. August at 00.00 a.m. The same applies to the Kalmar and Västerbotten regions in Sweden.
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Greece, Ireland, United Kingdom and Austria will change from yellow to red on Saturday 22 August at 00.00 a.m. The same applies to the Capital region in Denmark.
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The advice about face masks issued on 14th August 2020 does not change the recommendations for health and care workers.
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We do not recommend the use of face masks in schools. This applies to both students and staff in primary school, secondary school and upper secondary school, as well as childcare centres.
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In situations where it is impossible to keep a distance of 1 metre from others, face masks are recommended as an additional measure to prevent infection from people with COVID-19 without symptoms.
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From 15th August, the Government will introduce quarantine requirements for travellers from five countries in the EU / EEA, plus the Faroe Islands, six regions in Sweden and two regions in Denmark.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now advising against non-essential travel to the Czech Republic, France, Monaco and Switzerland. Changes are also being made to the travel advice for several regions in Sweden.
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The latest test results show that 37 crew members and 16 passengers on board the two Hurtigruten voyages have been infected.
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The latest test results show that 35 crew members and 9 passengers on board the two Hurtigruten voyages have been infected.
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Due to the recent increase in infection rates in Belgium, the Norwegian government has now decided to change the country's status from green to red.
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As of 25th of July Spain changes from a green status to red while Hungary goes from red to green. In Sweden, four new regions are opened for travellers without requirements for entry quarantine.
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The Government has decided which countries are exempt from quarantine upon entry into Norway from 15th July.
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Approximately 1 per cent of Norway's population has antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease.
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All data collected by the Smittestopp app will be deleted and further collection will cease after a notification of a ban from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority.
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Easter is just around the corner and this year we will all be at home. Although we must follow the advice about preventing transmission of coronavirus, do we need to have a sedentary Easter?
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The vast majority of children and adolescents in Norway receive the vaccines recommended in the Childhood Immunisation Programme.
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The website of the Norwegian Directorate of Health is experiencing technical difficulties so this press release is published on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health's website.
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The risk of premature death doubles if you have mental health problems and drink more than the equivalent of two units per day, on average.
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Birth patterns are changing and women in Norway are having fewer children. However, when we look at how many children today's 45-year-old women have had, fertility rates are still relatively high.
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Regular oil baths or early introduction of solid foods in addition to breastfeeding do not prevent atopic eczema in the first year of life.
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Children who have parents with a short education grow up with living conditions that increase their risk of problems at school and ADHD symptoms, according to a large study from the Norwegian Institut
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Norway has a goal to reduce the number of premature deaths from non-communicable diseases by 25 per cent by 2025. Calculations show that this target has been achieved.
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