How is your country looking with Covid? Medically and Economically (NOT America)

We are doing pretty well in Norway although we are in a second wave now that is rather worse in some areas than others.

No lockdown, no restrictions on internal travel, and only official advice to not travel outside the country (ten day quarantine on return, and travel insurance doesn't cover you). What we do have a is a lot of clear and unambiguous advice that is infrequently changed and is mostly followed. Enforcement is rarely necessary but does occur and people breaking quarantine have been fined. You can be, and have been, fined 20 kNOK (about 2 kUSD) per offence, you can even be jailed although no one has yet. People have been fined, including a priest who should have stayed in quarantine on return from abroad but instead decided to meet some of his parishioners.

In addition there are limits on the number of people who can meet in a confined space such as a home.

In a few towns we are required to wear masks if we can't maintain a one metre distance and we have to wear masks on some public transport.

Our total COVID death rate is 5.7 per 100 k people, at the moment it is 0.4 per 100 k residents over the last two weeks. Unfortunately the death rate is increasing, luckily it is increasing from a low baseline.

Confirmed infections are now 600 per 100 k people, 150 per 100 k in the last 14 days.

Economically most industries are functioning more or less as normal except that even more people than before are working from home. The biggest exception is the tourist industry which has been devastated. The next exception is industries that are heavily exposed to the oil business and they are suffering because demand for oil has declined.

You can see the figures for Norway, Nordic countries, and the whole world at https://www.vg.no/spesial/2020/corona/verden/?utm_source=corona-widget&utm_term=d7#world. It's very interactive, click or hover the mouse to see summaries for each country. It's in Norwegian but should be easy to understand for any English or German speaker, perhaps with the aid of Google Translate or similar.

If you are interested in how the rules are explained here you can read the Norwegian Public Health website in English: https://www.fhi.no/en/op/novel-coronavirus-facts-advice/facts-and-general-advice/social-distance-quarantine-and-isolation/

Edit: added USD fines.