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Norway Plans Extra Shot for All Adults After Infection Spike

Residents in an observation area after receiving Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations in Oslo, Norway.

Photographer: Fredrik Solstad/Bloomberg
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A jump in Covid-19 infections is prompting Norway to roll out a third dose to everyone over 18 years old and will consider allowing a wider use of vaccine certificates by municipalities to stamp out regional outbreaks.

“The infection will remain among us for several years to come, and there is a lot we can do together to prevent the virus from spreading, but we also need the protection vaccines provide,” Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told reporters in Oslo on Friday.