– Trying to be patient – VG

For the quarantined family, it will be Christmas Eve in pajamas: – We will be able to enjoy ourselves, regardless of covid, says Anne Merethe Høiland Nyborg to VG.

The daughter Mai Elina (11) was sent home because there was an infection in the class. On Monday, she tested positive. Now two adults and three children must be quarantined until the 2nd of Christmas.

– Fortunately, we have a large house and garden to frolic in – and good friends and family who shop and come with packages on the door, says Anne Merethe Høiland Nyborg (35).

But she admits that it can be hard at times.

– I go all the way and think that I have to breathe three times and look at it positively …

Stavanger Aftenblad first wrote about the unfortunate family.

More than 15,000 have been registered infected in Norway since 18 December. Tens of thousands will be quarantined at Christmas. New quarantine rules came into force last Wednesday.

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– Then there was complete chaos

Mai Elina is in sixth and William André (12) in seventh grade at Skeie school at Hundvåg in Stavanger. When the infection broke out at school, it was 5. – 7. grade level sent home.

The 11-year-old took quick tests every day, because she had a fever and a cough.

– But all the tests were negative. We thought she was only infected by our three-year-old, who has been snotty for a long time and had cataracts, says Anne Merethe.

But on Monday, the daughter woke up without a sense of taste.

– The quick test turned out positively right away. Then there was complete chaos here, the mother says.

– Incredibly sad

The family of five isolated themselves. Plans for Christmas were thwarted.

The two oldest children were going to their father, while Emilian Elander (3) and his mother and father were going to her aunt and uncle on Mosterøy in Ryfylke. It will not happen.

– Incredibly sad, says Glenn Erik Olsen, who is the father of Mai Elina and William André.

He has two children with a new cohabitant, she also has a daughter from before.

– We had hoped to be all together on Christmas Eve, five kids and my parents and relatives. But this is how it is these days, says Olsen.

And the aunt, who had been looking forward to being visited by her little nephew, came completely to tears.

– We must not talk about it, then I just start laughing, she said after shopping for us yesterday. She’s very upset – and we were really looking forward to being with them.

No thieves at the door

Anne Merethe says that family and friends put packages outside the door.

“Gentleman,” said Mai Elina, “think of someone stealing them.” But I replied that we only write a note on the door that here it is covid, because then no thieves dare to come here.

The family stays inside the house and garden while they are in quarantine.

– We kick football and grill sausages in the garden, where we can also sit in what we call the booth of happiness, with a roof and heat lamp. It is mild and good to be outside.

The kids can retire to their respective bedrooms.

– The girl who has the corona can sit in the easy chair and not on the sofa with us. The boy who likes to play is allowed to sit in front of the PC a little longer than normal.

The mother of three believes that the isolation affects her husband, Jan Erik Nyborg, and her the most.

– But we try to be patient and a little more generous.

Full package in baby on Christmas Eve

The aunt on Mosterøy has bought new nightgowns for all five.

– We will wear them all day on Christmas Eve. Then there will be a full package – chops and rice cream, lots of Christmas cakes, Christmas soda and yatzy, Uno and board games.

The couple and the two oldest children tested negative on Wednesday.

– If we test negatively on the second day of Christmas, when seven days have passed, we are «good to go».

– What do you do then?

– First we run to my best friend and kiss the kids a little. Then we invite aunt, uncle and cousins ​​to us. Then we will sit in the baby, order pizza and enjoy ourselves!

– The leisure quarantine is hopeless

Anne Merethe adds that her best friend and her family are also in quarantine, because the son in the house was the only close contact her own daughter had last week.

– What do you think about the rapid tests being negative when she had a fever and cough?

– It shows that you can have the virus in your body, even if it does not have an effect. Therefore, I think it is hopeless that you can go in the leisure quarantine, if you test negative after three days.

The family at Hundvåg take no chances – they isolate themselves completely for seven days and hope they can test themselves out of the quarantine on Monday, says Anne Merethe Høiland Nyborg:

– Otherwise there will be a lot of fun in December …

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