![]() "I'm happy I did it because now, if I get corona, I won't feel anything." "Everybody in the family was vaccinated, I was the last one," youngster Camelia told AFP. In Denmark, one of the first European countries to start jabbing children, youngsters were putting on a brave face as they waited for their vaccines. The United States was the first large country to take the plunge and has so far vaccinated more than five million under-12s. ![]() "If all goes well, we will start vaccination of children on the afternoon of December 22 in specially adapted centres," he told France Inter radio. Portugal said tens of thousands of under-12s were set to receive their first jab this weekend.įrench Health Minister Olivier Veran said its rollout to children would begin on Wednesday. Ireland is ordering bars and restaurants to close at 8:00 pm, Denmark is shutting cinemas and other venues.Įuropean countries are also pushing hard to dole out booster jabs and widen vaccination programmes to include children. In France, a scientific panel urged the government to impose "significant restrictions" on new year festivities, and the capital Paris announced "with regret" that it was cancelling all events on the Champs Elysees.Įlsewhere in Europe, edgy governments are bringing back restrictions to fight the pandemic, which has killed at least 5,335,968 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019. Germany has already designated France and Denmark as high-risk zones, imposing quarantines on unvaccinated travellers. The change, which comes into effect at the end of the day Sunday at midnight, means arrivals from Britain will have to observe a two-week quarantine regardless of whether they are vaccinated. Germany's health agency meanwhile, announced it had put Britain on a list of high-risk Covid countries, which will mean tighter restrictions for travellers. Most of the new cases recorded in London are of the Omicron variant. In London, mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" in the British capital, calling the case surge "hugely concerning".īritain registered record case numbers for three days in a row during the week, prompting new regulations and reports that another lockdown is being considered. ![]() "To sum it up in one sentence, the Netherlands will go back into lockdown from tomorrow," Rutte told a televised press conference. The Dutch also face stricter limits on the number of guests allowed in their homes, though officials made an exception for Christmas Day. ![]() Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced that all non-essential shops, cultural and entertainment venues must shut until January 14, while schools will close until at least January 9. ![]()
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