Local Titles Cushion Nordic Box Office Plunge in 2020
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Due to COVID-19 cinema lockdowns or restrictions, box office in the Nordic region plummeted in 2020 year-on-year by 64% in Sweden, 57.6% in Iceland, 57% in Norway, 54% in Finland, and 47% in Denmark.
The dearth of new U.S .tentpoles, combined with strong domestic titles such as “Another Round,” allowed homegrown movies to punch all-time record market shares in Denmark (50.4%), Finland (41.1%) and Norway (35.6%).
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The pandemic is providing hands-on learning experiences for nursing students in the Shoals By DeAndria Turner | January 21, 2021 at 6:25 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 6:27 PM
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (WAFF) - Nursing students in the Shoals are helping in the fight against COVID.
They’re also getting some valuable experience.
People 75 and older started to receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday here in Colbert County.
Nursing students at Northwest-Shoals Community College are helping give those vaccines.
On Thursday, several students helped to give more than 500 vaccines.
Nursing instructor, NiKki Thompson, said the partnership with Helen Keller Hospital gives students hands on experience.