Norway Ends Most Pandemic Restrictions

Norway Ends Most Pandemic Restrictions
A man wearing a mask carries shopping bags as he walks on the streets of Oslo following an outbreak of COVID-19 in Oslo, Norway, on March 13, 2020. NTB Scanpix/Hakon Mosvold Larsen via Reuters
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OSLO—Norway is scrapping nearly all its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures as high levels of coronavirus infections are unlikely to jeopardize health services, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Saturday.

The Nordic country, which removed most curbs on Feb. 1, will still keep some restrictions for the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The new rules took effect from Saturday at 10:00 CET (09:00 GMT).