"Farewell To Restrictions": Denmark Set To Lift Covid Curbs, 1st In EU
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Covid In Denmark: Denmark is set to become the first European Union country to lift domestic curbs despite the Omicron wave sweeping the continent.
Denmark will remove virtually all Covid restrictions from next Tuesday despite record infections, counting on a high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant, the government said.
"We are saying farewell to the restrictions and welcome to life as we knew it before corona," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a press conference on Wednesday.
Denmark is set to become the first European Union country to lift domestic curbs despite the Omicron wave sweeping the continent, according to a survey of AFP bureaus.
The successful vaccine programme proved a "super-weapon", Frederiksen said. "It has given us a solid defence against infection that continues.
