Denmark revealed on Friday that it would certainly shut movie theaters, theaters, galleries and also various other public locations in an effort to suppress record-high COVID-19 situations driven by the very transmissible brand-new Omicron version.
The Scandinavian nation has actually tape-recorded an all-time high of greater than 11,000 situations in the previous 24-hour, consisting of a brand-new high of greater than 2,500 Omicron situations, the federal government stated at an interview.
” Theatres, movie theaters, (and also) music hall are mosting likely to need to shut,” Head of state Mette Frederiksen informed an interview. “We require to restrict our task. All of us require to restrict our social call,” she stated.
The steps revealed on Friday have yet to be accepted by parliament.
” Our objective continues to be to maintain culture as open as feasible,” stated Frederiksen, leaving out lockdowns like the one chosen in springtime 2020 “due to the fact that we have vaccinations”.
The nation will certainly additionally shut various other public rooms such as convention centres and also theme park.
Bars and also dining establishments will certainly shut at 11:00 pm, with a restriction on offering alcohol after 10:00 pm.
The Omicron version seems much more transmissible than the Delta version yet it continues to be unidentified if the infections are much more extreme.
