Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store also imposed stricter public health measures. Norwegians are encouraged to work at home, and larger gatherings could soon be nixed. 

“Infection rates in Norway are increasing sharply, and we have now gained new knowledge about the Omicron variant and how fast it can spread. We are in a more serious situation,” Store said. He said “stricter measures” were necessary “to maintain control of the pandemic.”

“That’s why we need to act fast and we need to act again,” he said, adding, “for many, this will feel like a lockdown, if not of society then of their lives and their livelihoods.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/norway-ban-serving-alcohol-bars-curb-omicron-outbreak

 

NOTE: OF COURSE large gatherings are to be avoided — it’s Christmas — surely religions should simply “step-aside” for a crisis that exists only to keep the emergency powers activated for TPTB!!