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Non-Essential Public Workers Forced to Take Vacation in Denmark

A couple pass a sign directing pedestrians to move one way only around a string of artificial lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark. — A couple pass a sign directing pedestrians to move one way only around a string of artificial lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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By Morten Buttler

March 27, 2020 at 10:21 AM UTC

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Non-essential public workers in Denmark will be forced to take five days of vacation so that more staff can be made available once the coronavirus crisis subsides, Tax Minister Morten Bodskov said Friday.