Several who visited the fair Agroteknikk in Lillestrøm last week have tested positive. Now the organizers recommend everyone who was there to take a quick test.
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Just under 37,000 people, including guests and exhibitors, visited the agricultural fair Agroteknikk 25 – 28 November, according to the organizer.
On Thursday, an e-mail was sent from the organizers to people who were at the fair, with a recommendation to test themselves.
The background for the call is statements from the municipal doctor in Malvik in Trøndelag that infection has been registered among several visitors at the fair.
Everyone who was at the fair should order a quick test as soon as possible, is the message from the municipal doctor. Those who test positive are asked to take a PCR test within 24 hours.
Infected people from Tynset municipality may also have been at the same fair, says board chairman Frode Dahl of the Tractor and Agricultural Machine Importers’ Association, which is one of the organizers.
– They have not contacted us, we have only relied on information from their website. We want to be careful and support what the professionals say, he says to VG.
Vedum was at the fair
One of those who visited the fair, and who must test himself, was Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp), according to Bondebladet.
– I really wanted to go, I’m very interested in agriculture. And then I was asked to have a little greeting on stage, where I talked about how important food production is for the country’s preparedness and safety, Vedum told Bondebladet.
– Now I was not here to invest, but that with interest in tractors I think must be a hereditary mistake. When I get an advertisement for a tractor and equipment, I always sit and flip and flip and dream away.
VG has so far not succeeded in getting a comment from Vedum.
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