Oslo: Norway was postponed for the second time on Wednesday was the last step planned in the reopening of its economy from the locking pandemic, because of the deployment of the Delta-19 variant, the government said.
“A new assessment will be carried out in mid-August,” Minister of Health Bent Hoeie said at a press conference.
The steps will be stored to stop the spread of Covid-19 including limited bars and restaurants on table services and 20 people limit at a meeting in a private home.
The government in April launched four-step plans to gradually remove most of the pandemic restrictions, and have completed the first three steps in mid-June.
On July 5, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said the fourth step could come at the end of July or early August due to worries about the Delta Coronavirus variant.
About 80% of adults in Norway have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine and 41% of adults are fully vaccinated, according to the Norwegian Public Health Institute.
Thanks to the initial locking in March 2020 and strict restrictions followed, the country 5.4 million people have seen one of the lowest levels of European deaths from viruses.
About 800 Norwegians have died of Covid-19.