Covid live: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau tests positive; Omicron subvariant more transmissible, Danish study says



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European countries are beginning to ease curbs with hospital admissions not rising in line with record Covid cases, Jon Henley reports.

Austria has lifted its “lockdown of the unvaccinated”, Switzerland is gearing up for a “turbo” reopening and Germany’s finance minister has demanded an end date for Covid curbs as more countries prepare to ease pandemic controls.

It follows the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and France, who last week began to take steps to return to a semblance of normal life, with the Danish government declaring Covid-19 “should no longer be categorised as a socially critical disease” after 31 January.



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Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau tests positive for Covid

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Danish study suggests Omicron subvariant is more transmissible



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