UPDATED 5 JUNE: The rules on travel to Norway right now are confusing and changing regularly. Here's the latest situation. Well, who'd have thought we'd still be here more than one year after the first
Covid measures cut Norway s sexually-transmitted infections
Thursday June 03 2021
Summary
Norway, a country of 5.4 million, is among the countries least hard-hit by Covid-19, with 125,881 cases and 785 deaths.
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Sexually-transmitted infections (STIs) declined sharply in Norway last year thanks to social distancing during the pandemic, official statistics published on Thursday showed.
The country saw a 39-percent reduction in gonorrhoea cases, an 11-percent drop in chlamydia cases, and a 20-percent decline in HIV cases in 2020. The drop in the number of STIs in 2020 is most probably linked to anti-Covid measures, such as travel restrictions, social distancing and the closure of bars and restaurants, Oyvind Nilsen of Norway s Institute of Public Health (FHI) said in a statement.
European countries are still deciding if and when to inoculate children against COVID-19 amid questions around safety, supply and the desperate call for more vaccines from hard-hit regions around the world.