(Credit: The Royal Danish Opera official website) The Government of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has unveiled a new set of restrictive measures aimed at combatting a rising wave of new COVID-19 infections driven by both the Delta and Omicron variants. The restrictions would include crowd limits in stores, the closure of theaters, other entertainment venues and conference centers, and {…}
(Credit: dpa) The Senate of Berlin has announced its intention to dramatically reduce contacts in order to combat an incoming SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infection wave. “We intend to close more,” said the Senator for Health of the City of Berlin Dilek Kalayci. For some measures, however, the legal framework must first be adapted at the federal level. The Senate will therefore {…}
(Credit: dpa) The German Constitutional Court has rejected motions that challenged the German Federal Emergency Brake in April 2021, and subsequently declared a state of lockdown as a legal instrument to fight COVID-19. Following the decision by the Court, Prime Ministers of German federal states have agreed to bring further restrictive measures in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. {…}
(Credit: Opera Online) The Oper Leipzig has announced the cancellation of all performances between Nov. 22 and Dec. 12, 2021. Per the latest order of the Government of Saxony, all theaters and opera houses must remain closed until Dec. 12, 2021. The opera house did manage to complete its run of performing David Pountney’s production of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von {…}
(Credit: https://www.austria.info/) The government of Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has announced that the country will enter a full lockdown starting on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. The lockdown will affect all citizens in Austria. Restaurants, cafes, bars, theaters, opera houses and sport venues will have to close. The government has also declared a compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 on the whole territory {…}
(Credit: VisitBerlin website/ Dagmar Schwelle) Update: The German government has decided to extend the lockdown until March 7, 2021. The German government will extend the current state of hard lockdown until at least March 14, 2021. The cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is worried about the rapid spread of the new variants of SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus and is planning {…}
(Credit: Christian Thür) The Austrian government has announced the extension of its hard nationwide lockdown for an initial period of 14 days, until Feb. 7, 2021. The cabinet of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz also decided to impose more drastic measures, such as mandatory FFP2 face masks in supermarkets, pharmacies, and post offices; meanwhile, hotels, restaurants, bars, cafees, gyms, indoor sports {…}