OSLO: Norway is lifting its ban on flights from Britain, launched to stop the spread of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, the health ministry mentioned on Friday, with planes allowed to land from Jan 2 at 1600 GMT.
Following the lead of different European nations, Norway on Dec 21 halted the journey from Britain after information that the new variant of the virus was quickly spreading.
Oslo announced on Thursday it would introduce from Jan 2 necessary COVID-19 tests for all individuals arriving within the Nordic nation from overseas, either directly upon arrival or up to 24 hours after.
“If this strain should spread in Norway, it will probably mean a full lockdown of society,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg mentioned on Thursday.
Norway’s 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants was down to 113.6 as of Wednesday, the fourth-lowest in Europe behind Iceland, Greece, and Finland, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has mentioned.
