School closures, nightlife cuts, telecommuting generalization: Denmark’s prime minister announced on Wednesday measures to quell a new wave of Covid-19s in the country.
“We know how important school attendance is for the well-being of children and young people. “That’s why we’re adding some days to the Christmas holidays, but the plan is not to have another long closing,” Mete Frederiksen told a news conference, referring to a “prolonged holiday” and assuring that she wanted ” to keep society as open as possible. “
The situation is “extremely serious” for Henrik Ulum, director of the Danish Infectious Disease Control Authority (SSI).
Today, the Danish health authorities announced 6,629 new cases in the last 24 hours, a number that exceeds the more than 2,000 cases at the peak of December 2020. In one week, the number of infections is also at its highest levels, 35,814 cases , a 19% increase compared to last week.
The school holidays were scheduled to begin on December 17 and end on January 3, but schools will be closed from December 15 to January 5.
From December 10, bars and restaurants, where the use of the mask is again mandatory, will be closed at midnight and the sale of alcohol will be prohibited after this time.
After living for almost two months without restrictions, the Scandinavian kingdom reintroduced the health card, following the use of the mask in November.
Denmark counts 577 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant, first recorded in its territory on 22 November.
For Ulum, this variant is “unpleasant because of its numerous mutations and because it is spreading rapidly around the world.”
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