The committee has been chaired by former central bank governor Øystein Olsen, who presented his report on Friday. news clarifies: When Olsen presented the report on Friday, he did not use the term “illegal” about the red level at upper secondary schools in 2021. Olsen tells news that in its work the committee has not assessed the legality of individual decisions. The committee has been given a mandate to scrutinize the government’s handling of the last micron wave from November 2021 to spring 2022. The committee will also provide an overall assessment of the handling of the corona from 2020 until today. Corona Committee The King in the Cabinet of Ministers appointed a committee in April 2022 to evaluate the authorities’ handling of the covid-19 pandemic as a whole, and in addition to evaluate the omikron handling in the period from 1 November 2021 to tentatively 1 May 2022. The committee will deliver its report on 2 June to the Prime Minister The Corona Committee must not be confused with the Corona Commission, which is an independent commission that was appointed to have a thorough and comprehensive review and evaluation of the authorities’ handling of the covid-19 pandemic. They handed over their final report to the prime minister on 26 April 2022. Source: The Corona Committee news learns that the committee criticizes the government’s decision to keep upper secondary schools in the red level for parts of December 2021 and January 2022. None of the professional authorities recommended the measure. They thought the yellow level was sufficient. The committee believes, based on what news learned, that red level in upper secondary school lacked legal authority as long as there was no medical basis for it, and was thus illegal. The government defended the decision to put upper secondary schools in the red level by saying that the experiences with the yellow level in upper secondary schools were not perceived as sufficient. news has submitted the criticism to the Ministry of Education. They do not wish to comment on the case until they have read the report. Criticizing: Former central bank governor Øystein Olsen has led the Corona Committee, which according to what news has learned is criticizing the government for school measures during the micro wave on the eve of 2021. Photo: Siri Vålberg Saugstad Critical of FHI models The committee has also looked at the Institute of Public Health’s so-called modeling of the micro wave of infection, and have assessed how accurate the models were. The Omikron variant was first discovered in South Africa in November 2021, and had a large number of mutations and much greater infectivity than previous variants. It was long uncertain whether omicron would cause more or less severe disease than delta. In December 2021, FHI did not want to share what they called “sketches” of the possible wave of infection with the public, precisely because they perceived the models as unsafe. The committee believes, based on what news learned, that the modeling was wrong, and that the way FHI handled the modeling was unfortunate, and that this had unfortunate consequences for the further handling. Poor communication with minorities The committee also believes that communication with minorities during the pandemic was not good enough. They point out that neither the immigrant population nor the Sami population received good enough information at the start of the pandemic. The immigrant population was hit very hard, both in terms of infection numbers, serious illness and death. From February 2020 to May 2021, a total of 5,449 people were hospitalized with covid-19. Of these, just under half were born outside Norway or born in Norway with two foreign-born parents, according to the report “The immigrant population under the corona pandemic”.
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Thinks school measures during the omikron wave were illegal – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
