Travel restrictions will be maintained in Norway until August 20, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said during a news conference on Friday.
Solberg advised Norwegians to “plan their summer holidays in Norway.”
“I would recommend people to plan for a Norwegian holiday this summer. You are allowed to go on holiday wherever you want in the country, and maybe this year you will discover a part of Norway you have not seen before – by car, on foot, by boat, train or plane,” Solberg said Friday in a statement.
She said citizens can travel as long as it is in a way that “avoids spreading the infection.”
“This means that you should not travel when you are sick or quarantining at home, that you should maintain good hygiene and keep at least one meter in distance from others, other than your [own] immediate relatives. The new advice applies from today,” Solberg added in the statement.
According to Norwegian government advice published on Friday, grandparents will be able to go on holiday with their family, “even if they are in a high risk group” and as long as they are “extra mindful of the general infection control measures,” the statement said.
