allowed together. still have to wear masks, as you can see, and for many, many months, the curfew will be dropped just in time for new year s celebrations. so it s generally positive news. a major study from a fwgroup of private hospitals saying they re seeing people who are in hospital because of omicron for a shorter time, fewer people, much fewer people proportionally with respiratory issues. it s unclear if that is because of vaccination in the country or because of a large amount of people already having had covid. scientists also warn that it doesn t necessarily mean that the situation will be translated to the rest of the world like the u.s. and europe, who are seeing a great deal of case increases, but it does provide a positive sign that maybe this variant isn t as bad as we had feared. that is certainly the hope. so far the numbers in europe