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Added on the 30/12/2021 15:16:53 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Denmark will end most of its COVID-19 restrictions as it no longer considers the COVID-19 outbreak “a socially critical disease”.
Across Europe, New Year celebrations are being scaled down and restrictions imposed as countries experience a massive surge in coronavirus infections.
Covid antigen self-test kits are distributed in Queens, New York, where people wait in long lines to get a free test before the Christmas holidays. The US is battling huge infection surges driven by variant Omicron's rapid spread. IMAGES
The UN warns that needs are skyrocketing worldwide as the pandemic continues to rage, and climate change and conflicts push more people to the brink of famine.
Nightclubs and restaurants across Europe re-open and restrictions are eased despite an increase in cases of the Delta variant of the Coronavirus.
Following the Hamas militant group's 7 October attacks and Israel's subsequent ground offensive in Gaza, there have been apparent reprisals against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.