The five million inhabitant country Norway fears up to hundreds of thousands of new infections daily if the omicron spread continues unchecked. The variant of the corona virus will soon dominate in the Scandinavian country, wrote the national health institute FHI in a risk assessment on Monday.
As early as December, Omikron will cause a wave with many sick people and hospital admissions as well as a significant burden on the healthcare system and society. According to a preliminary FHI scenario, it could an estimated 90,000 to 300,000 new Omicron infections per day in three weeks if measures did not significantly slow the epidemic. However, the authority indicated that such Calculations because of the great uncertainty about the most important properties of the variant interpreted with caution should be.
The number of new corona infections in Norway has risen to new highs in recent weeks. the 7 day incidence is according to the latest comparative figures from the EU health authority ECDC higher than in Germany. A total of 958 Omicron infections have been detected in Norway so far, almost half of them in the greater Oslo area. The Norwegian government is expected to announce new corona restrictions on Monday evening. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has invited to a press conference at 8 p.m.