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 Restaurants, museums, cinemas and other cultural institutions will
have to close on Dec. 9 in 38 of 98 municipalities, including
Copenhagen, and students in upper primary school, high schools and
universities will be sent home.
"We are entering a new phase of the epidemic, it is a phase where we
are seeing exponential increases in the infection curves," Health
Minister Magnus Heunicke told a news conference.
In the last 24 hours, 2,026 new infections have been registered out
of more than 78,000 tests and 328 people have been hospitalized.
Heunicke said that number was likely to rise to 400 in the coming
week.
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The new restrictions will be in place until Jan 3.
Countrywide restrictions already in place will be extended until March.
(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; Editing by Toby Chopra and Janet Lawrence)
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