The 158 passengers of a flight between Nice (south of France) and Oslo of the company scandinavian SAS are going to have to observe a quarantine of ten days, their plane is being landed to the minute where the Norway was the France in the " red zone ", announced on Saturday that a Norwegian ministry. According to the scores of the Oslo airport and SAS, the flight SK4700 landed at midnight. According to the specialized site, FlightRadar24, the Boeing 737 of SAS has put its wheels on the tarmac of Oslo at midnight, a (22 1 h GMT), with nine minutes ahead of schedule.

"the passage in The red zone was from midnight included, so the midnight or midnight a, they must do a quarantine," said the Agence France-Presse Elisabeth Johansen, a consultant to the Norwegian ministry of Health. Passengers will be able to make their quarantine at home and do not need to stay in hotels at the airport, she said. The authorities have set several hours before slicing. According to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, the passengers had cheered when the pilot announced that he had landed at midnight.

Rise of cases in Norway

The Norway announced Thursday that she has been back in the "red zone" of France, as well as Switzerland, Monaco and the Czech Republic. Due to a resurgence of the Covid-19, the four countries have crossed again the threshold of 20 new cases per 100 000 inhabitants during the last 14 days, that is fixed to Oslo to establish quarantines. If it remains at low levels, Norway is also facing an upswing in cases, with an incidence of 7 new cases per 100 000 in the last two weeks, a threefold increase, according to data from the WHO Europe.

Updated Date: 08 August 2020, 13:33