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Omicron is now the dominant COVID strain in Denmark, says minister
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Illustrative: A runner dressed as Santa Claus takes part in an annual Christmas run in Middelfart, Denmark, on December 11, 2021. (Soeren Gylling / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP)
The highly transmissible Omicron variant is now dominant in Denmark, which set a new record for daily COVID-19 infections today, its health minister says.
“The Institute of Public Health now considers Omicron to be the dominant variant and climbing” a month after first being detected in the Nordic country, Magnus Heunicke tweets.
A record 13,558 new cases in 24 hours were registered in the nation of 5.8 million people. At least 500 of the cases were people who had already had COVID-19.
Faced with surging cases, Denmark — which sequences more samples than many other countries — on Sunday shut cinemas, theaters and concert halls and has restricted restaurant opening hours. The measures are due to last at least four weeks.
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