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Denmark announces measures to guard against mink-linked coronavirus mutation

5 November 2020, 8:15 pm
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Denmark’s prime minister announcess special restrictions for more than 280,000 people in the north-east of the country after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans.

“From tonight, citizens in seven areas of north Jutland are strongly encouraged to stay in their area to prevent the spread of infection,” Mette Frederiksen tells a news conference, adding that people were urged not to travel there, while bars and restaurants would also shut.

— AFP

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen addresses a press conference in the Prime Minister’s Office in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 5, 2020. (Philip Davali / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)

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