12:49 p.m .: Denmark closes colleges, high schools, bars and restaurants
Colleges, high schools, bars, cafes and restaurants will close in 38 Danish municipalities, including Copenhagen and the country’s two other largest cities, to contain the surge in cases of the new coronavirus.
“The infection is too high and the situation is too worrying. Therefore, we must take measures to control the infection and therefore the epidemic ”, justified at a press conference Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who calls on the Danes not to celebrate Christmas or the New Year anymore. of ten.
As in spring, middle and high school students find online education, from Wednesday, when bars, cafes and restaurants must remain closed – except for take-out. Libraries, sports halls and cinemas and theaters must also lower the curtain. These restrictions are valid until January 3.
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