The Norwegian government will gradually loosen the capital region’s coronavirus lockdown, allowing for some shops and recreational activities to reopen from Feb. 3 onwards, Health Minister Bent Hoeie said on Saturday. The outbreak of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, first identified in Britain, had prompted the introduction of stricter measures, including the closure...
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UK health minister says hopes schools can open by Easter, will depend on data
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday he hoped schools, which have been closed to most pupils since Jan. 5 as part of a national lockdown, would be able to reopen by Easter in early April but said it would depend on COVID-19 data. “I would hope so,” Hancock said, when asked during an...
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Norway’s capital tightens lockdown to combat more contagious virus variant
Norway’s capital Oslo and nine neighbouring municipalities will impose some of their toughest lockdown measures yet after an outbreak of a more contagious coronavirus variant, first identified in Britain, the government said on Saturday. Shopping centres and other non-essential stores will be closed from noon local time on Saturday, organised sports activities will be halted...
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Partial lockdown in Beijing as UK virus variant detected
1.6 million residents were banned from leaving Beijing on Wednesday as two Covid-19 cases linked to a new UK virus variant were found in the Chinese capital. China has lauded its response to the pandemic, which emerged in the central city of Wuhan just over a year ago but has been broadly brought to heel,...