Denmark shuts schools and universities to curb spread of coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen arrives for the second day of the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
Denmark had 514 people diagnosed with the coronavirus as of Wednesday, rising 10-fold since Monday in what Health Minister Magnus Heunicke described as the “most dramatic increase seen in Europe”.
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