COVID-19 cases rise every day in Denmark, but the country is confident it can live without restrictions for now

Link:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-13/denmark-has-taken-living-with-covid-to-a-whole-new-level/100812736

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At the beginning of February, the Danish government decided COVID-19 was no longer a “socially critical disease” and it scrapped all restrictions.

Danes aren’t even legally required to quarantine.

Denmark was among the first countries in the world to implement a lockdown, in March 2020, amid the rapid spread of COVID-19.

It also invested heavily in genomic sequencing to track new variants like the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, which is now dominant in Denmark and even more transmissible than the original strain.

And when the Omicron variant began spreading rapidly last year, Denmark reimposed restrictions on workplaces, hospitality and schools in December.

But Tyra Grove Krause, the chief epidemiologist at Denmark’s State Serum Institute, said it also sparked a major rethink in the country’s approach to COVID-19.

Author(s): Nick Dole

Publication Date: 12 Feb 2022

Publication Site: ABC News Australia

Petrol supplies dwindle in US south-east amid pipeline outage blamed on DarkSide cyber attack

Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-12/us-petrol-supplies-dwindle-amid-pipeline-outage-darkside-cyber/100132902?fbclid=IwAR10_bx4CrmZ6gPu3Zy2x8JzWBacbPI8fcK44IOWkJNy9izpoN2dTinCt2U

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Panic buying has driven demand up by 20 per cent, one tracking firm says

Unleaded petrol reached its highest price since November 2014

The FBI accused the DarkSide criminal gang of carrying out the ransomware attack

Publication Date: 12 May 2021

Publication Site: ABC News Australia