Because vaccination rates have reached more than 70% of the population, Denmark has become the only European country without any coronavirus-related limitations.

The return to normalcy has been slow, but as of Friday, the digital pass – evidence of vaccination – is no longer required for entry into nightclubs, making it the final COVID-19 protection to be lifted. COVID-19 passports were launched in March 2021 as part of a progressive relaxation of laws in Denmark.

The COVID pass requirement was lifted at museums and indoor events with fewer than 500 people on August 1, before being phased out for major events, and masks have not been required on public transportation since mid-August. A sold-out event in Copenhagen’s capital, Copenhagen, will welcome 50,000 guests on Saturday, a first in Europe.

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Abba startled and delighted fans by announcing the release of their first new album in 40 years. Abba Voyage is planned to be launched in November, ahead of a “revolutionary” series of performances featuring virtual avatars performing favourites including Mamma Mia and Waterloo.

The quartet, which broke up in 1982, revealed that while working on the stage play, they ended up back in the studio. “At first, it was just two songs,” Benny Andersson explained, “but then we thought, ‘Well, maybe we could make a couple more.'” They ended up recording ten songs, two of which were debuted during a live-streamed press conference on Thursday.

The new songs will also be performed at the band’s virtual performance, also titled Abba Voyage, which will take place in an east London arena next year.

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The UK is preparing to give a booster dose of the vaccine in anticipation of another wave this coming winter that has brought Covid through vaccination. The government is planning to make booster doses safer for the elderly and those suffering from other ailments. As part of this, the government has taken steps to collect and store more vaccines.

Health Secretary Sajid Javed has said the UK has ordered the purchase of an additional 35 million doses of Pfizer vaccine to make it available by 2022. So far, the UK has purchased 540 million Covid doses from eight different brands from various companies.

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization, which met last month, had recommended to the government that those over the age of 50 be given a third dose of booster dose if needed from September. But the vaccine committee has not yet made a final decision on the matter. An additional 35 million Pfizer vascines are being purchased to ensure that there is no shortage of vaccines whenever a favorable decision is made.

The final decision on the booster will be based on the study reports on how long the safety of the first two doses will last. The UK is also preparing to run ahead of the rest of the world in terms of booster dosage, which has produced its own vaccine and started vaccination first and has driven Covid to some extent.

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The Robert Koh Institute has reported that 10,027 people in Germany have been infected with Covid despite taking two doses of the Covid vaccine. According to the German Government’s Institute for Infectious Disease Prevention Research, 7,802 people have been vaccinated against the Pfizer vaccine. Covid also affected those who received two doses of the other Covid vaccine, Johnson & Johnson – 1385, AstraZeneca – 682, and Modena – 396.

The Robert Koh Institute says that despite taking two doses of the vaccine in Germany, most of those infected with Covid are not worried about receiving the Pfizer vaccine. This is just a natural proportion of the 78% of the 100 million vaccine doses distributed in Germany up to the 8th of this month being the Pfizer vaccine.

The figures are published by the Robert Koh Institute from February this year. Covid affected 15.84 lakh people in the country during this period. Of these, only 0.68% were confirmed by Covid despite receiving two doses of the Covid vaccine. Most of these are delta variants.

As of August 10, 55.6 percent of the German population had received two doses of the Covid vaccine. Those who took at least one dose were 62.7%.

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