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COPENHAGEN, January 29 (Reuters) – Denmark provided another $ 27.7 billion in financial assistance available Friday to businesses infected with the coronavirus pandemic, a day after the government extended lock-in restrictions until March.
The government on Thursday extended routine restrictions, in place to prevent a more contagious outbreak of the coronavirus, first recorded in Britain, until February 28th.
“Infectious viral mutations are causing concern in our health care system and in the rest of Danish society,” Morten Bodskov, tax and interim finance minister, said at a news conference on Friday.
The new aid package includes liquidity loans and VAT extensions and tax payments to businesses worth 170 billion Danish crowns ($ 27.68 billion).
During the epidemic, Denmark has expanded liquidity support to total Danish-crown enterprises worth 480 billion, Dan Bodskov said.
Current restrictions include a five person limit on public gatherings and the closure of restaurants, bars and schools.
While numbers of general infections are declining in Denmark along with admission to the new hospital, the number of people with the B.1.1.7 is new. rising variety.
In the third week of January, the variability was variable in 13.5% of positive tests examined for their genetic material, according to preliminary data from disease authorities.
$ 1 = 6.1419 Crowns from Denmark Reported by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; edited by John Stonestreet, Larry King