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Denmark - closing schools starting Monday, but if you have the ability to keep kids home do so now (so last school day Friday) for 2 weeks.

Governmental employees unless necessary sent home from Friday for 2 weeks.

Arrangements with more than 100 people closed down.

on edit: Link to Danish news site https://nyheder.tv2.dk/2020-03-11-alle-elever-i-danmark-og-m...



Who is supposed to watch the children, if all the schools are closed but the parents still have to work?

There's probably better child care options in Denmark; if they did that in the US, it would be a catastrophe.


People are going to be working home in one way or another. I suppose that some people will be staying home to care for children. In the speech the Prime Minister said obviously some people would end up losing their jobs based on the current situation.

I didn't follow the speech very well myself because my daughter thought it was fun to throw a one person party celebrating not going to school for two weeks, my wife started yelling she couldn't understand what was being said because my daughter was being too loud (wife being Italian has sometimes difficulties following Danish language)

But anyway there are a variety of child care options in Denmark, one is thing were a person watched 3 or 4 children during the day at their house, I don't know how that is affected. I suppose it is affected the same as other services but on the other hand it might be reasonable if that was left open because I am expecting that to make the tedium somewhat manageable there will be a lot of play dates for the next couple weeks - so essentially people will have 3-4 kids at their houses they just won't be getting paid for it.




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