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COPENHAGEN, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) The COVID-19 restrictions currently in force in Denmark will be extended until Feb. 28, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced here Thursday. The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) assesses that the new mutation of coronavirus is spreading, even with the restrictions we have in Denmark. We can not stop the spread, but we must do everything we can to slow it down, Frederiksen told a press conference. The extension requires restaurants, shops, malls and liberal service professions, such as hairdressers, to remain closed. The ban on groups of more than five people gathering will also remain in force.
Covid testing centre torched and fireworks thrown at hospital in Netherlands as anti-lockdown protest sweep Europe
Tariq Tahir
Updated: 25 Jan 2021, 1:34
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A COVID testing centre has been burned to the ground and fireworks thrown at a hospital in the Netherlands.
The attack comes as lock down protests grip Europe with police pelted with rocks and politicians burned in effigy. Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates
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Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen burned in effigyCredit: EPA
Video from Urk, 50 miles northeast of Amsterdam, showed youths breaking into the coronavirus testing facility near the village s harbour before it was set ablaze.
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The Netherlands has been especially hit by recent riots over measures imposed to stem the spread of the pandemic. There has been great resentment over a nighttime curfew that has been in force since last weekend, the first nationwide curfew since World War II.
Hundreds of violent youth rioted in the streets on Monday evening, setting fires and attacking the police in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and elsewhere. Journalists and camera crews were also assaulted. Authorities believe various groups took part in the riots, including coronavirus skeptics and soccer hooligans.
Not all are heeding such warnings in the UK. London police broke up a party with some 300 guests over the weekend, with many participants fined £200 (€225) on the spot for violating COVID restrictions. Dozens of others reportedly escaped over fences. The previous weekend police broke up a bash with 200 partiers, and last Thursday they dispersed a wedding reception with