id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-029596-tdrhcq7z Mjåset, Christer On Having a National Strategy in a Time of Crisis: Covid-19 Lessons from Norway 2020-05-06 .txt text/plain 1851 130 63 An emergency unit of leading health care officials was formed, and a clear strategy was developed to flatten the curve of newly infected individuals to prevent overwhelming the health care services and to reduce mortality rates.13 , 14 Based on reports from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, an early and important measure turned out to be the early and aggressive testing regime.15 It included testing of all people in confirmed contact with confirmed Covid-19 cases, people who recently had been traveling in outbreak areas, such as Italy and China, and screening of people with current airway infections.16 " The information gathered from the test data directly led to the decision on March 12, 2020, to close schools and quarantine everyone entering the country for 14 days, as it was becoming obvious that the virus was spreading freely in communities.17 , 18 As of April 12, Norway had tested 23.21 people per 1,000 population for Covid-19. ./cache/cord-029596-tdrhcq7z.txt ./txt/cord-029596-tdrhcq7z.txt