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Denmark Discourages Spain Travel Due to Covid-19 Resurgence

Denmark Discourages Spain Travel Due to Covid-19 Resurgence

Denmark is discouraging non-essential travel to Spain following a resurgence in cases of Covid-19.

The Foreign Ministry said Spain was added to a list that already includes the U.K., Bulgaria and Romania because of a “marked increase” in infections there.

Back home, plans to allow bigger crowds to gather were dropped after the Nordic country registered its biggest daily increase in cases in three months. Danes had been expecting the current cap of 100 to be raised to 200 this weekend.

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“The epidemic is on the rise globally and in several places in Europe, and recently we have seen an increase in the number of Danes infected with the coronavirus,” Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said in a statement. “It’s crucial that we keep Denmark in a good position where we have the epidemic under control.”

Denmark Discourages Spain Travel Due to Covid-19 Resurgence

The country was one of the first in Europe to impose a strict lockdown and among the first to re-open the economy after the spread of the virus was brought under control. But daily cases have roughly doubled in the last week and authorities have now started recommending that face masks be worn during rush hour on public transport and wherever social distancing is impractical.

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