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Fifth to eighth grade students will be taught remotely starting Monday, the same applies to students from other educational institutions, as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on Thursday evening. The municipalities of Hjörring, Frederikshavn, Brönderslev, Jammerbugt, Thisted, Vesthimmerland and Läsö are affected by the restrictions. Restaurants, inns and other bars have to close there starting on Saturday, but they can offer take away food. Sports halls, swimming pools and fitness studios will be closed from Monday.
Mutation could affect corona vaccination
One could speak of a real blockade in North Jutland, said Frederiksen. This is necessary because a mutated coronavirus carries the risk of influencing the effects of an upcoming vaccine. All citizens of the affected communities are asked to undergo a corona test.
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Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur. There are currently 1,139 breeding farms in the country and around 15 to 17 million minks, a particularly large number in North Jutland.
Mink mutated virus
Frederiksen announced Wednesday that the virus had mutated in Danish mink (we reported) and had been transmitted to humans. So now every mink in the country is being killed: there are several million animals whose fur is used, among other things, for fur coats. Denmark is the world’s largest producer of mink fur. There are currently 1,139 breeding farms in the country and around 15 to 17 million minks, a particularly large number in North Jutland.
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After Denmark announced Wednesday that it was killing all its breeds of mink for the risk of a coronavirus mutation that could be transmitted to humans, Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP) reported that he immediately contacted his Danish counterpart Jeppe Koffod. and the WHO Regional Director for Europe. . “We have to prevent Covid-19 from becoming Covid-20,” Schallenberg said in a statement to the APA.
So far, the mutated virus has been found in twelve people in Denmark, including eleven from North Jutland. The technical director of the Danish health institute SSI, Kore Mölbak, stressed that this virus is no more dangerous than other coronaviruses. The risk, however, is that it is more resistant to antibodies.
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