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Norway will end its COVID-19 mandatory quarantine system for unvaccinated travelers and close contacts of infected persons, replacing it with a daily testing regimen, the government announced today.
Under current rules, anyone arriving in Norway from a quarantined area and unable to show evidence of vaccination, or who has suffered COVID-19, must remain in quarantine for at least three days.
Close contacts of infected persons are required to be quarantined for 10 days. According to the National Institute of Public Health, this is no longer considered necessary for infection control, with new rules to apply from January 26, the government said.
The current rules have been criticized for keeping healthy people in quarantine for an unnecessarily long time and especially affecting families with children. From Wednesday, close contacts are required to test themselves daily for up to 11 days. Those who refuse to be tested should be quarantined however.
Travelers still have to test themselves and register upon arrival in Norway and a negative test taken before arrival is also necessary for those who cannot document that they have been vaccinated or fully cured. The entry quarantine could be reintroduced if the infection situation needs to change or there should be a new variant of the virus that requires stricter measures, the government added, Reuters reports.
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