It now looks like cinemas, theaters and the like will be able to open from Sunday 16 January, but not nightlife venues, according to the recommendations of the Epidemic Commission (experts) to be discussed by the Epidemic Committee (politicians) at a meeting at 15.00 today.
Provided they comply with stricter restrictions than before their closing on December 18 – corona passes, wearing face masks throughout the show and a limit of 350 per. viewing (bad news for Imperial) – media today speculate that they may reopen.
No relief for alcohol restaurants
The same will more or less apply to colleges, concert venues, culture houses, churches, outdoor sporting events with paying spectators, amusement parks and zoos.
Restaurants and bars will continue to close at 23:00, and alcohol sales will remain prohibited between kl. 22.00 and 05.00, recommends the Epidemic Commission.
According to Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke “the government’s starting point is that we must be able to open as much as possible within cultural life as soon as possible”.
In other corona news:
Corona caused 33 deaths at the country’s nursing home last week – up from 13 the previous week. In total, there were 636 infections, which means that the death rate was 5 percent – a marked decrease from the 20 percent experienced this time last year.
– yesterday’s corona figures, which confirmed 22,396 new cases, indicate that the hospitalization rate – which has stalled recently – is declining. There are 23 fewer patients, so 754 in total, confirms the Statens Serum Institut.
– The World Health Organization has ruled out treating corona on an equal footing with influenza. Yesterday, Spain confirmed plans to stop monitoring the corona as a pandemic, but the WHO disagrees, pointing out that there are still too many variables to call it an endemic disease.
An increasing number of folk high schools, where teenagers take vocational training, are opening hospitals on their premises instead of sending students home – often at risk of infecting others.
Source: The Nordic Page