Norway must keep strict border controls to avoid new infections - PM


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  • Friday, 19 Jun 2020

FILE PHOTO: Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg attends a panel during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 14, 2020. REUTERS/ Andreas Gebert

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway, which has some of the strictest travel restrictions in Europe, must maintain tight control of its borders to avoid importing COVID-19 cases from abroad, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Friday.

Fears of an early second wave of infections in Europe are growing as the continent lifts travel restrictions ahead of the summer holidays.

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