DRILLING OPERATION STOPPED: The Seadrill rig West Phoenix is located in the Norwegian Sea, about 120 kilometers north of Kristiansund. Photo: TOTAL E & P UK
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The infected person was in Kristiansund for 24 hours before he went out on the rig, says communications manager in Kristiansund municipality Tore Lyngvær.
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An employee on board the Seadrill rig West Phoenix has been diagnosed with corona infection. The person in question has been admitted to the hospital in Molde, reports E24.
Liv Jannie Omdal, communications director at Neptune Energy, tells VG that it all started with the person in question feeling ill.
– We considered it so that he was sent ashore, but there was no suspicion of covid-19 at that time, she says.
Drilling operation stopped
The new case of infection means that a drilling operation with 126 employees has been stopped for the time being.
13 of the employees were previously quarantined. On Sunday night, Omdal says that more than 20 people on the rig have now been quarantined.
– But it is important to point out that none of them are ill or have symptoms of corona infection. What is going on now is further work to prevent the spread of infection, she says.
The communications director says that everyone who has been on the rig has been interviewed by health personnel to find out who has been in close contact with the infected person.
—LOW RISK OF INFECTION: Communications manager in Kristiansund municipality Tore Lyngvær tells VG that the infected person was careful with social distancing. Photo: Kristiansund municipality
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Was in Kristiansund for 24 hours
According to Time Requirements was infected in Kristiansund before he went out on the rig. Kristiansund municipality’s communications manager Tore Lyngvær confirms this to VG.
– The person spent a day in a hotel in Kristiansund, but he had good hygiene and was careful with social distancing. Therefore, we consider the risk of infection to be low, says Lyngvær to VG on Sunday night.
Two people must be quarantined because they have been in close contact with the infected person. According to Lyngvær, we are talking about two employees at the hotel.
May-Helen Molvær Grimstad, Director of Communications at Helse Møre og Romsdal, confirms to VG that a person has been admitted to one of their hospitals.
– Due to the duty of confidentiality, I do not want to say which hospital we are talking about, she says.
Grimstad says that Helse Møre og Romsdal has no further comments related to the case at this time.
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