Sweden canceled almost all of the few remaining restrictions to combat the Corona virus pandemic today, and stopped most of the tests to detect infections with the virus, while British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed his hope on Wednesday to cancel the mandatory isolation of those who tested positive for the Corona virus by the end of this month.

The Swedish government, which throughout the pandemic period had refrained from imposing a general closure across the country, announced last week that it would cancel the remaining restrictions, declaring the actual end of the pandemic, with a decrease in cases of severe symptoms and deaths due to infection with the disease due to the vaccination campaign and the low risk of the mutant Omicron.

"As far as we know, this pandemic is over," Swedish Health Minister Lena Hallengren said in a press statement. "It's not over, but as far as we know about the rapid changes and restrictions, it's over."


The Swedish minister added that "Covid-19" is no longer classified as a danger to society.

From today, Wednesday, bars and restaurants will be allowed to remain open after 11 pm again without imposing restrictions on the number of diners, and restrictions on the number of attendees for events held in indoor spaces, as well as the mandatory use of vaccination certificates, have been lifted.

de-isolation

In Britain, today, Wednesday, the Prime Minister expressed his hope to end the mandatory isolation of those who tested positive for the Corona virus by the end of February, after Britain had already lifted most of the restrictions imposed to curb the outbreak of the pandemic.

The United Kingdom, whose government has been calling for weeks for the population to coexist with Covid-19, as is the case with influenza, is one of the first European countries to try to return to a pre-pandemic lifestyle, based on a high vaccination rate, such as Denmark or Sweden.

Boris Johnson, the leader of the ruling Conservative Party, told MPs during the weekly government accountability session that he will return to Parliament on February 21, after the parliamentary recess, "to present his plan to coexist with Covid-19."

At the beginning of the year, Britain - one of the countries most affected by the epidemic in Europe with more than 158,000 deaths - witnessed a severe epidemic wave caused by the mutant Omicron, with record daily injuries exceeding 200 thousand at its peak, but the injuries began to decline significantly, and cases hospitalization as well.

France and America

And in France, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced today, Wednesday, that his country considers that there are “reasons for hope” to end the work “with the vaccination certificate in late March or early next April, due to the improvement of the health situation.”

The spokesman said, "The number of people in hospitals remains high, greater than the record number we saw in the spring of 2020, but in our expectations (...) there are reasons to hope that in this time frame the situation will have improved enough, to be able to raise These are the last measures.

In the United States, the “Axios” news website stated that the New York state authorities announced today, Wednesday, the end of the obligatory wearing of the muzzle inside closed places, and the obligation of companies to their customers to prove that they have received the vaccination, starting tomorrow, Thursday.

The "Axios" news website reported that the New York state authorities announced today the end of the obligatory wearing of the muzzle inside closed places, and the obligation of companies to their customers to prove that they have received the vaccination, starting tomorrow, Thursday.

With this decision, New York, led by the Democratic Party, joins many of the states led by the Republican Party in canceling restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the virus, after daily infections declined in the past few days after reaching their peak in mid-January due to the mutant Omicron.

Antotti Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with the British newspaper "Financial Times" about the possibility of lifting the precautionary restrictions soon during the current year, and Fauci added that he excludes the final elimination of the Corona virus, and that what is required is to reach a kind of balance. Relating to the ratio of the number of vaccinators.

Arab region

In the Arab region, the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority in the UAE said today, Wednesday, that the authorities will gradually remove restrictions on the capacity of all activities and events in the country, to reach their maximum by the middle of this month.

The UAE government said that there was a decrease in the indicators of the epidemiological situation of the Corona virus in the country, which allowed the decision to cancel the restrictions on the absorptive capacity of all activities and events in various economic, tourist and entertainment facilities, shopping centers and means of transportation, to reach the maximum capacity by the middle of this month.

In the neighboring Sultanate of Oman, the authorities decided today to ease the restrictions imposed on the Corona virus imposed on several places, including mosques and work sites.

A statement by the Supreme Committee in charge of dealing with the Corona virus stated that Friday prayers will be held and the five daily prayers will continue, provided that the number of worshipers does not exceed 50% of the mosques’ capacity.

The statement indicated that it was decided to end the work by reducing the number of employees who are required to come to the workplaces in the units of the state's administrative apparatus, and other public legal persons.

In Tunisia, the Ministry of Religious Affairs announced today the resumption of Friday prayers after it was suspended since last January 14, to prevent the Corona virus, and the ministry stated, in a statement, that Friday prayers will resume starting from the day after tomorrow, Friday, with the need to adhere to the prescribed preventive measures. In the protocol for maintaining health in religious monuments.

It is noteworthy that the virus has so far claimed the lives of half a million people in the world, with 130 million infections recorded, and it was announced at the end of last November that the new mutant, Omicron, was discovered, so that the mutated Delta quickly exceeded, and the tyrant in the world became the fastest spreading, although it is His symptoms seemed to be less severe.