Individuals stroll previous paintings on the facet of a store because the outbreak of the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) continues in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 3, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
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COPENHAGEN, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Iceland will elevate all remaining COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, together with a 200-person indoor gathering restrict and restricted opening hours for bars, the Ministry of Well being mentioned on Wednesday.
“Widespread societal resistance to COVID-19 is the primary route out of the epidemic,” the ministry mentioned in an announcement, citing infectious illness authorities.
“To attain this, as many individuals as potential have to be contaminated with the virus because the vaccines usually are not sufficient, regardless that they supply good safety in opposition to critical sickness,” it added.
All border restrictions would even be lifted, it mentioned.
Iceland, with a inhabitants of some 368,000 folks, has registered between 2,100 and a pair of,800 each day infections just lately. Greater than 115,000 infections have been logged all through the epidemic and 60 have died as a consequence of COVID-19.
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Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Stine Jacobsen; Enhancing by Alex Richardson
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