Norway 2: from now on Covid19 is a simple flu
The coronavirus can now be classified as one of several seasonal-varying respiratory diseases, said Geir Bukholm, deputy director of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
Over the past year and a half, Covid-19 has been classified as a generally dangerous disease. However, this may change soon as the deputy director of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Geir Bukholm, said the coronavirus can now be placed in the same category of diseases as flu, cold and RS (respiratory syncytial virus, other virus). causing seasonal pneumonia).
"We are now in a new phase where we have to consider the coronavirus as one of several seasonal-varying respiratory diseases," Bukholm told the VG newspaper.
Last week, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare asked the NIPH to assess whether Covid-19 was still a dangerous disease.
While the NIPH has yet to return its results, its deputy director has made it clear that the danger of Covid will be downgraded.
Covid could now be compared in severity to colds and flu because the vast majority of those at greatest risk of developing serious illness when infected are now fully vaccinated.
“This is because the vast majority of people at risk are protected,” Bukholm explained.
“And although the infection is still around, hospital numbers remain low. Therefore, the coronavirus will not place a heavy burden on the health service. For vaccinated people who can become infected and develop symptoms, the vast majority will have mild cold-like symptoms ”.
However, Bukholm warned that even though Covid could now be compared to other common respiratory diseases, the pandemic was far from over.
“The pandemic is not over as long as it exists in the world and in countries where vaccination coverage is still low. As long as the diseases spread around the world, there is still a pandemic, ”Bukholm warned.
VG speculated that the disease being downgraded could be a sign that the lifting of the latest national restrictions against Covid-19 could be just around the corner. The NFHI has also advised to remove all restrictions for travelers who want to go to the country, a further symptom of the return to normalcy.
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