COPENHAGEN – Denmark will allow some small businesses, such as hairdressers, beauty salons and driving schools, to reopen on April 20, the government said on Friday, with an order last month to reinstate the coronavirus.

The move follows the Nordic country, which is one of Europe’s first shutdowns, reopened care centers and schools earlier this week and gradually took the first step towards reducing lockdown.

“Nobody wants to keep Denmark closed for even one day, it’s completely necessary,” Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Facebook. “But we should not move fast because we can still keep the epidemic under control.”

Denmark will keep its borders closed, however, as restaurants, bars and gyms remain in check, as large public gatherings are banned.

Denmark has seen a decline in such deaths and hospitalizations this month, with a number of 321 virus-related deaths.