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COVID: Denmark closes theatres and museums as Omicron cases surge
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Denmark announced on Friday that it would close cinemas, theatres, museums and other public venues in an attempt to curb record-high COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible new Omicron variant.
The Scandinavian country has recorded an all-time high of more than 11,000 cases in the past 24 hours, including a new high of more than 2,500 Omicron cases, the government said at a press conference.
"Theatres, cinemas, (and) concert halls are going to have to close," Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told a press conference. "We need to limit our activity. We all need to limit our social contact," she said.
The measures announced on Friday have yet to be approved by parliament.
"Our goal remains to keep society as open as possible," said
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