COVID-19 pandemic in Norway

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COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
COVID-19 Outbreak Cases in Norway by municipalities.png
Map of municipalities with confirmed coronavirus cases (red) and deaths (black) and Recovered (green) as of 10 May
Disease COVID-19
Virus strain SARS-CoV-2
Location Norway
First outbreak Austria and Italy [1]
Index case Tromsø
Arrival date26 February 2020
(4 years, 9 months, 2 weeks and 1 day ago)
Confirmed cases1,527,998 [2] [1]
Hospitalized cases314 [1]
Critical cases45 [1]
Ventilator cases28 [1]
Recovered1,476,471 [3]
Deaths
5,732 [2] [1]
Fatality rate0.2%
Government website
www.fhi.no/en/id/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/

The COVID-19 pandemic [4] in Norway resulted in 1,527,998 [2] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 5,732 [2] deaths.

Contents

On 26 February 2020, the virus was confirmed to have spread to Norway. [5] The number of cases increased rapidly during the month of March, prompting a number of legal measures aiming to achieve physical distancing to be introduced on 12 March. The first death attributed to COVID-19 was documented on the same day. Most confirmed cases that were traced to outside Norway were Norwegian tourists returning from Austria [6] and Italy. [1]

In March 2020, a senior Norwegian Institute of Public Health consultant said one of the major reasons why the mortality rate was significantly lower than in other European countries (such as Italy, Spain, the UK) was the high number of tests performed in Norway. [7] A commission was established in the early days of the pandemic to track and analysed every aspect of the nation's response to the pandemic. as of late June 2022 Norway's death per capita rate was the lowest in Scandinavia. [8]

Background

On 12 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. [9] [10]

Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 [11] [12] has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. [13] [11]

Timeline

COVID-19 cases in Norway  (
)
     Deaths        Recoveries        Active cases
FebFebMarMarAprAprMayMayJunJunJulJul
Last 15 daysLast 15 days
Date
# of cases
# of deaths
2020-02-26
1(n.a.)
2020-02-27
4(+300%)
2020-02-28
7(+75%)
2020-02-29
15(+114%)
2020-03-01
19(+27%)
2020-03-02
25(+32%)
2020-03-03
33(+32%)
2020-03-04
54(+64%)
2020-03-05
84(+56%)
2020-03-06
111(+32%)
2020-03-07
145(+31%)
2020-03-08
167(+15%)
2020-03-09
190(+14%)
2020-03-10
275(+45%)
2020-03-11
489(+78%)
2020-03-12
621(+27%)1(n.a.)
2020-03-13
750(+21%)1(=)
2020-03-14
907(+21%)3(+200%)
2020-03-15
1,077(+19%)3(=)
2020-03-16
1,169(+8.5%)3(=)
2020-03-17
1,308(+12%)3(=)
2020-03-18
1,423(+8.8%)6(+100%)
2020-03-19
1,552(+9.1%)6(=)
2020-03-20
1,742(+12%)7(+17%)
2020-03-21
1,926(+11%)7(=)
2020-03-22
2,132(+11%)7(=)
2020-03-23
2,371(+11%)10(+43%)
2020-03-24
2,566(+8.2%)12(+20%)
2020-03-25
2,916(+14%)14(+17%)
2020-03-26
3,156(+8.2%)14(=)
2020-03-27
3,581(+13%)19(+36%)
2020-03-28
3,845(+7.4%)22(+16%)
2020-03-29
4,102(+6.7%)26(+18%)
2020-03-30
4,226(+3%)32(+23%)
2020-03-31
4,447(+5.2%)39(+22%)
2020-04-01
4,655(+4.7%)44(+13%)
2020-04-02
4,935(+6%)50(+14%)
2020-04-03
5,208(+5.5%)59(+18%)
2020-04-04
5,510(+5.8%)62(+5.1%)
2020-04-05
5,640(+2.4%)71(+15%)
2020-04-06
5,755(+2%)76(+7%)
2020-04-07
5,863(+1.9%)89(+17%)
2020-04-08
6,010(+2.5%)101(+13%)
2020-04-09
6,160(+2.5%)108(+6.9%)
2020-04-10
6,244(+1.4%)113(+4.6%)
2020-04-11
6,320(+1.2%)119(+5.3%)
2020-04-12
6,415(+1.5%)128(+7.6%)
2020-04-13
6,488(+1.1%)134(+4.7%)
2020-04-14
6,566(+1.2%)149(+11%)
2020-04-15
6,677(+1.7%)150(+0.67%)
2020-04-16
6,791(+1.7%)152(+1.3%)
2020-04-17
6,891(+1.5%)160(+5.3%)
2020-04-18
6,984(+1.3%)164(+2.5%)
2020-04-19
7,068(+1.2%)165(+0.61%)
2020-04-20
7,113(+0.64%)181(+9.7%)
2020-04-21
7,166(+0.75%)182(+0.55%)
2020-04-22
7,250(+1.2%)187(+2.7%)
2020-04-23
7,345(+1.3%)194(+3.7%)
2020-04-24
7,408(+0.86%)199(+2.6%)
2020-04-25
7,467(+0.8%)201(+1%)
2020-04-26
7,505(+0.51%)201(=)
2020-04-27
7,533(+0.37%)205(+2%)
2020-04-28
7,605(+0.96%)206(+0.49%)
2020-04-29
7,667(+0.82%)207(+0.49%)
2020-04-30
7,710(+0.56%)210(+1.4%)
2020-05-01
7,783(+0.95%)210(=)
2020-05-02
7,809(+0.33%)211(+0.48%)
2020-05-03
7,847(+0.49%)211(=)
2020-05-04
7,905(+0.74%)214(+1.4%)
2020-05-05
7,955(+0.63%)215(+0.47%)
2020-05-06
7,996(+0.52%)216(+0.47%)
2020-05-07
8,034(+0.48%)217(+0.46%)
2020-05-08
8,070(+0.45%)218(+0.46%)
2020-05-09
8,099(+0.36%)219(+0.46%)
2020-05-10
8,102(+0.04%)219(=)
2020-05-11
8,106(+0.05%)224(+2.3%)
2020-05-12
8,152(+0.57%)228(+1.8%)
2020-05-13
8,175(+0.28%)229(+0.44%)
2020-05-14
8,196(+0.26%)232(+1.3%)
2020-05-15
8,219(+0.28%)232(=)
2020-05-16
8,237(+0.22%)232(=)
2020-05-17
8,249(+0.15%)232(=)
2020-05-18
8,257(+0.1%)233(+0.43%)
2020-05-19
8,267(+0.12%)233(=)
2020-05-20
8,281(+0.17%)234(+0.43%)
2020-05-21
8,309(+0.34%)235(+0.43%)
2020-05-22
8,332(+0.28%)235(=)
2020-05-23
8,346(+0.17%)235(=)
2020-05-24
8,346(=)235(=)
2020-05-25
8,352(+0.07%)235(=)
2020-05-26
8,383(+0.37%)235(=)
2020-05-27
8,401(+0.21%)235(=)
2020-05-28
8,411(+0.12%)236(+0.43%)
2020-05-29
8,422(+0.13%)236(=)
2020-05-30
8,437(+0.18%)236(=)
2020-05-31
8,440(+0.04%)236(=)
2020-06-01
8,446(+0.07%)236(=)
2020-06-02
8,455(+0.11%)237(+0.42%)
2020-06-03
8,477(+0.26%)237(=)
2020-06-04
8,504(+0.32%)238(+0.42%)
2020-06-05
8,522(+0.21%)238(=)
2020-06-06
8,531(+0.11%)238(=)
2020-06-07
8,547(+0.19%)238(=)
2020-06-08
8,561(+0.16%)239(+0.42%)
2020-06-09
8,576(+0.18%)239(=)
2020-06-10
8,594(+0.21%)239(=)
2020-06-11
8,608(+0.16%)242(+1.3%)
2020-06-12
8,620(+0.14%)242(=)
2020-06-13
8,628(+0.09%)242(=)
2020-06-14
8,631(+0.03%)242(=)
2020-06-15
8,647(+0.19%)242(=)
2020-06-16
8,660(+0.15%)242(=)
2020-06-17
8,692(+0.37%)243(+0.41%)
2020-06-18
8,708(+0.18%)244(+0.41%)
2020-06-19
8,726(+0.21%)244(=)
2020-06-20
8,742(+0.18%)244(=)
2020-06-21
8,745(+0.03%)244(=)
2020-06-22
8,751(+0.07%)248(+1.6%)
2020-06-23
8,772(+0.24%)248(=)
2020-06-24
8,788(+0.18%)249(+0.4%)
2020-06-25
8,788(=)249(=)
2020-06-26
8,832(+0.5%)249(=)
2020-06-27
8,846(+0.16%)249(=)
2020-06-28
8,855(+0.1%)249(=)
2020-06-29
8,862(+0.08%)249(=)
2020-06-30
8,879(+0.19%)250(+0.4%)
2020-07-01
8,896(+0.19%)251(+0.4%)
2020-07-02
8,902(+0.07%)251(=)
2020-07-03
8,921(+0.21%)251(=)
2020-07-04
8,926(+0.06%)251(=)
2020-07-05
8,930(+0.04%)251(=)
2020-07-06
8,936(+0.07%)251(=)
2020-07-07
8,947(+0.12%)251(=)
2020-07-08
8,950(+0.03%)251(=)
2020-07-09
8,965(+0.17%)252(+0.4%)
2020-07-10
8,974(+0.1%)252(=)
2020-07-11
8,977(+0.03%)252(=)
2020-07-12
8,981(+0.04%)252(=)
2020-07-13
8,984(+0.03%)253(+0.4%)
2020-07-14
9,001(+0.19%)253(=)
2020-07-15
9,011(+0.11%)253(=)
2020-07-16
9,025(+0.16%)254(+0.4%)
2020-07-17
9,025(=)255(+0.39%)
2020-07-18
9,028(+0.03%)255(=)
2020-07-19
9,028(=)255(=)
2020-07-20
9,034(+0.07%)255(=)
2020-07-21
9,053(+0.21%)255(=)
2020-07-22
9,059(+0.07%)255(=)
2020-07-23
9,071(+0.13%)255(=)
Sources: Official reports from Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI)

Note: Number of recoveries is not verifiable, as there are no official sources for these data in Norway. From 25 March onwards, the data is sourced from a different reporting system (MSIS), causing a bump in the official numbers on 25 March. Over 1–3 May, no reports were released, hence the sudden increase on 4 May.

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Cases
COVID-19-Pandemie - NO (Norwegen) - Tote (800px).svg
Deaths
Semi-log plot of COVID-19 total cases, new cases and total deaths per-day in Norway. Rplot19-1.png
Semi-log plot of COVID-19 total cases, new cases and total deaths per-day in Norway.

February 2020

On 26 February, Norway confirmed the first case of COVID-19. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health announced that someone tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after returning from China the previous week. The female patient was asymptomatic and in good health. She underwent a voluntary isolation at her home in Tromsø. [4] [5]

On 27 February, the Norway Institute of Public Health announced that three more people were confirmed positive for SARS-CoV-2. Two of them lived in Oslo and were linked to the outbreak in Italy. The other lived in Bærum and was linked to the outbreak in Iran. All of them underwent a voluntary isolation at home. [15]

On 28 February, an individual from Bergen and an employee of Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, tested positive and were placed in home isolation. Both had visited Northern Italy. [16] [17] Six cases were confirmed in the country on the day. [16] On 29 February, there were 15 confirmed cases in Norway. [16]

March 2020

By 1 March, a total of 19 cases were confirmed. Mahad Ahmed Musse, the Chief of the Ullevål hospital in Oslo, stated that there are potentially over 100 people who came in contact with an infected staff member. [18] [19]

On 3 March, there were 25 confirmed cases in Norway, with five from Vestland. An employee at the Horisont shopping center in Åsane was confirmed to have been infected by the virus, said center manager Lise Færøvik. [20]

On 4 March, there were 56 confirmed cases in Norway, all of which are linked to known outbreaks abroad. [21]

By 10 March, the number of confirmed cases in Norway had spiked to 400, and a rising number of those cases could not be traced to foreign travel or any known person infected, indicating community transmission had started in Norway. [22]

On 12 March, a national lockdown was announced, effective from 18:00 the same day. For two weeks, schools, kindergartens, fitness centres, hair salons, etc. were closed. Sports and cultural events and gatherings were banned and restrictions applied to restaurants. [23] These measures were in line with those introduced in other European countries such as Denmark and Italy. The same day Norway had its first death due to the COVID-19 virus. The victim was an elderly person who died at Oslo University Hospital. [24]

As of 13 March, Norway introduced a ban on visits to Norway through Oslo airport. Norwegian and Nordic citizens, foreign residents in Norway and people continuing to another country are allowed anyway. Other people are dismissed and sent home as soon as possible and put in quarantine until then. [25] On 16 March this was extended to all borders of Norway and Nordic non-Norwegian citizens. [26] Domestic travel continues without any restriction. On 14 March, the second and third deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported. [27]

April 2020

On 6 April, the Norwegian Health Minister announced that the outbreak was "under control" and that the reproduction rate of Sars-CoV-2 had dwindled to 0.7 in the country. [28]

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

An outbreak of coronavirus on the MS Roald Amundsen ship infected at least five passengers and thirty-six crew. Health authorities fear the ship could have infected dozens of towns and villages along Norway's western coast. There were 209 guests on the first voyage and 178 guests on the second voyage. All 158 crew members on MS Roald Amundsen were tested and 122 were negative. The municipality of Tromsø urged anyone who traveled on the ship or had any contact with the ship to get in touch with health authorities. A total of 69 municipalities in Norway were affected, Norwegian news agency NTB reported. A German cruise ship last week[ when? ] set sail from Hamburg, testing procedures for how cruise ships can operate safely during the pandemic. The ship sailed with less than 50% capacity and only went on a four-day trip at sea with no stops at other ports. [29] [30]

September 2020

October 2020

35 variations of the virus have been found in Norway. [31] As of 18 October 2020, Folkehelseinstituttet has counted one more likely mutation. [32]

Known mutations in Norway include:

  • S477N with genetic subgroup B. 1.5 (in Norway, also called "the tour bus virus" or "the bus tour virus"), has been found elsewhere in Europe and in Australia. [33] [34]
  • N439K with genetic subgroup B. 1.160 [34]

April 2021

In April 2021 media noted that while residents of Oslo had to live under severe restrictions, infected people were brought to Norway on airline flights and about 57% of those hospitalised due to COVID-19 were immigrants to Norway who had returned from holiday trips to their home countries such as Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. According to airport employees, many passengers left the airport without getting tested first. According to national statistics, 16% of all tested Pakistani-Norwegians and 14% of all tested Somali Norwegians had tested positive for COVID-19. [35]

In April 2021, daily newspaper Aftenposten reported that one in four flights from Dubai and Istanbul to Oslo Airport carried infected passengers. [36] Since the start of 2021, infected passengers had been detected on 110 flights to Norway, of which 25 came from Poland and 15 arrived from Turkey. According to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Turkish Airlines flights from Istanbul, Emirates airline from Dubai and Air Serbia from Belgrade had the worst records. [37]

Some restaurants (like Ladekaia in Trondheim) are open in April 2020, but the number of patrons allowed inside is limited and every other table is closed to enforce social distancing between customers. Ladekaia during covid19.jpg
Some restaurants (like Ladekaia in Trondheim) are open in April 2020, but the number of patrons allowed inside is limited and every other table is closed to enforce social distancing between customers.

September 2021

As one of Erna Solberg's last acts as Prime Minister after the parliamentary election, Norway officially reopened on 25 September, with most restrictions being lifted. [38]

Prevention measures and response

The Norwegian Directorate of Health introduced a number of measures from Thursday 12 March 2020: [39]

On 16 March, non-residents were banned from entering Norway. [40]

As of 19 March, residents were prohibited from staying in cabins outside their home municipalities, in order to avoid putting strain on rural medical infrastructure. People suspected or confirmed to be infected must follow stricter home isolation rules. The government established fines for people violating home quarantine and home isolation rules or organizing events. [41]

Economic policy

Many institutions were closed in order to fight the outbreak, which led to increased unemployment. Norges Bank first cut the national prime rate by a half point to 1.0% on 13 March, and the following week cut the prime rate again down to 0.25%. [42]

Vaccine

Norway began administering Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on December 27 2020. 67-year-old Svein Andersen from Oslo, Norway was the first person in Norway to receive the vaccine. [43]

As of 17 April 2021, 870,524 people in Norway have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 296,458 are fully vaccinated, primarily the elderly, healthcare workers and younger people at risk. All of the cases with potential links to the vaccine reported as of 14 January occurred among severely frail elderly people with serious diseases. However, a causality to vaccination could not have been linked. [44] [45]

As an average of 300 to 400 people die each week in nursing homes in Norway, the Norwegian Medicines Agency expected that deaths close to the time of injection may occur, and is carrying out in-depth analyses to find any link with the vaccine. It is possible that common side effects aggravated pre-existing conditions in some patients, but so far[ when? ] no statistical analyses have shown an increase in the death rate of vaccinated people.[ citation needed ][ needs update ]

Norway is also closely monitoring side effects, with both reports from healthcare professionals and the public being registered in a common database. This should allow for a good overview of the situation once the vaccine is distributed in the general population, as well as an efficient collaboration with other countries. [46] [47]

Statistics

Charts

Deaths per day

Growth trajectory of cases in Norway

ERplot19.png

New COVID-19 cases in Norway by region

New COVID-19 cases in Norway by region, FHI data(
)
DayDate Troms og Finnmark Oslo Viken Vestland Rogaland Agder Innlandet Møre og Romsdal Vestfold og Telemark Trøndelag Nordland UnknownConfirmed casesDeaths Svalbard Sources
NewTotalNewTotal
02020/02/26111
12020/02/272134 [48]
22020/02/2811127 [49]
32020/02/29143815 [50]
42020/03/0122419 [51]
52020/03/022121625 [52]
62020/03/031331833 [53]
72020/03/0445523112154 [54]
82020/03/05765211263084 [55]
92020/03/064810172427111 [56]
102020/03/075121546134145 [57]
112020/03/0872218222167 [58]
122020/03/09529311223190 [59]
132020/03/101642577331185275 [60]
142020/03/11172381038172103212489 [61]
152020/03/124433026111217-1712113262111 [62] [63]
162020/03/131412611232918611317501 [64]
172020/03/1441551231418899331569071*2 [65] [66]
182020/03/154594717831549416610771*2 [67]
192020/03/16111369412952396116902 [68]
202020/03/17337441419070690139130802 [69]
212020/03/1841935615885251116142313 [70]
222020/03/1904435615885251127155236 [71]
232020/03/204278420441047224185174217 [72] [73]
242020/03/2152954271931039250184192607 [74]
252020/03/2212753214209236492206214207 [75]
262020/03/236113592018036213-12392371310 [76]
272020/03/24422734514112291401962566212 [77]
282020/03/2514626918159309122242642916012 [78]
292020/03/261897622917625224023003216214 [79]
302020/03/272315911135714533102574473669519 [80]
312020/03/2813864126271128632062673930 [81]
322020/03/29141295991218151542574187
332020/03/3035111150512091521234310
342020/03/31664627121035111942214531
352020/04/015484523414348610102074738
362020/04/0279881201117175101062825020
372020/04/031259110151914611111232725292
382020/04/042961082717610716933015593
392020/04/0534852443223811305723
402020/04/06044321751714311155838
412020/04/07347395154-12311095947
422020/04/08157302517818270147
432020/04/092503530066031125150
442020/04/1014716130420031-384
452020/04/11239192-1530123176
462020/04/1202724222330371395
472020/04/133332200211604173
482020/04/1443417140320030178
492020/04/15325264522103220111
502020/04/16346281417411171114
512020/04/1763523244220743-10100
522020/04/1832916204940241193
532020/04/196372650130141084
542020/04/20524431500020145
552020/04/212217121220221153
562020/04/222352752940010-184
572020/04/233402472911280-295
582020/04/24-12114100451333063
592020/04/27351246336132500125
602020/04/2821576224210121072
612020/04/2931522121151110062
622020/04/303101338100050043
632020/05/045522810059042112137
642020/05/051311054210130-256
652020/05/061231400160150050
Total245254320888224523145001172704861106**—14
Notes:

- Data by FHI represent total cases by the start of the day.

* - A new death on March 13 will only be reported by FHI on Monday March 16, according to Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI) [82]

* - From March 25th, number of cases are reported from a different reporting system (MSIS), causing a bump in cases on March 25th. [83]

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Moldova was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Republic of Moldova on 7 March 2020, when a Moldovan woman who returned from Italy tested positive for the novel coronavirus. As the number of infected people started to rise during the next days, the Parliament declared a state of emergency on 17 March 2020 for the entire territory of the Republic of Moldova for a period of 60 days.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Ethiopia on 13 March 2020. The national government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, declared a five-month state of emergency in April 2020 but has allowed economic activities to continue during the public health crisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was to be confirmed on the 13 March 2020 when an Italian women in her 20s work in the Caritas Kosova at Klina.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Papua New Guinea is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Papua New Guinea on 20 March 2020. On 4 May 2020, Papua New Guinea was declared COVID-19 free. However, on 20 June, the government confirmed another case of COVID-19, meaning that the disease was present again within the country.

The COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached the Marshall Islands on 28 October 2020, but remained confined to quarantined arrivals until August 2022. The first known community transmission cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Majuro on August 8, 2022, ending the country's COVID-free status. The first confirmed death from COVID-19 in the Marshall Islands occurred on August 11, 2022.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Tanzania in March 2020.

The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen was announced on 10 April 2020 with an occurrence in Hadhramaut. Organizations called the news a "devastating blow" and a "nightmare scenario" given the country's already dire humanitarian situation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica</span> Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Antarctica

The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Due to its remoteness and sparse population, Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected directly by the pandemic. The first cases were reported in December 2020, almost a year after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in China. At least 36 people are confirmed to have been infected. Even before the first cases on the continent were reported, human activity in Antarctica was indirectly impacted.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">COVID-19 timeline by country in Africa</span> Ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Africa on 14 February 2020, with the first confirmed case announced in Egypt. The first confirmed case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria at the end of February. Within three months, the virus had spread throughout the continent, as Lesotho, the last African sovereign state to have remained free of the virus, reported a case on 13 May. By 26 May, it appeared that most African countries were experiencing community transmission, although testing capacity was limited. Most of the identified imported cases arrived from Europe and the United States rather than from China where the virus originated. It is believed that there is widespread under-reporting in many African countries with less developed healthcare systems.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">COVID-19 vaccination in Norway</span> COVID-19 immunization campaign

COVID-19 vaccination in Norway is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. As of 21 June 2022 80.5% of the population have been vaccinated with the first dose, 75.1% with the second dose and 55.9% with at least one additional dose. As of 09 March 2023, a total of 14,443,131 vaccine doses has been distributed in Norway.

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