Norway Official: COVID-19 Can Now Be Compared to the Flu as Country Removes Pandemic Restrictions

People relax outside the Oslo Opera House during the novel coronavirus pandemic in Oslo, Norway, on July 27, 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Norway will end all COVID-19-related restrictions starting Saturday, Sept. 25, the government announced, joining a growing list of countries and states that have removed pandemic curbs.

“It is 561 days since we introduced the toughest measures in Norway in peacetime ... Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life,” Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a news conference on Friday.