Category: Denmark

Denmark to Re-Impose CCP Virus Restrictions After Ditching All Rules 2 Months Ago: Prime Minister

Denmark will re-introduce COVID-19-related restrictions after a rise in cases, said Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Monday, coming less than two months after ditching the rules. Frederiksen cited the Danish Epidemic Commission’s recommendation that the government classifies COVID-19 as a “socially threatening disease” for reimplementing restrictions, telling journalists: “The government will follow this recommendation.” About 86 percent of…


Danish Health Minister Says Lockdowns on Table If More People Don’t Get Vaccinated

Coming a month after Denmark removed all COVID-19 restrictions, the top Danish health official warned that the country may be locked down again if more people aren’t vaccinated. “Even though we are at an incredibly high level … if we are to keep Denmark open, then we must have more people to get the vaccine,”…


Finland Follows Sweden and Denmark in Halting Use of Moderna Vaccine for Younger Age Group

Finish health authorities have paused the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Oct. 7 for men under the age of 30, just one day after Sweden and Denmark announced a similar measure due to side effects. Mika Salminen, head of the Finnish health institute, said the Nordic country would instead give the Pfizer vaccine to men…


Denmark Charges 3 Citizens With Planning Terror Attacks

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Danish prosecutors said Tuesday that they have charged three people with attempting to carry out acts of terrorism by acquiring bomb-making chemicals and equipment that were to be used for an attack “in an unknown place either in Denmark or abroad.” Copenhagen chief prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said police foiled the plot when the two…


Denmark Says It Will Remove All COVID-19 Restrictions, Including Vaccine Passports

Denmark will lift all its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, including vaccine passports, on Sept. 10 after the country’s health ministry declared the CCP virus “no longer a critical threat to society.” “The epidemic is under control, we have record vaccination levels,” Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said in a statement on Friday, according to a translation….


Denmark Continues Exclusion of J&J, AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccines

COPENHAGEN—Health authorities in Denmark said on Friday that COVID-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson would remain excluded from the country’s vaccine roll-out following a review of new safety data. “The balance between possible benefit and possible harmful effects is still not favorable, even when we include assumptions in our analyses that benefit the…


‘Euphoria’ for Denmark After Difficult Start at Euro 2020

COPENHAGEN—Kasper Schmeichel described his feelings after Denmark’s win over Russia at the European Championship with one word. ”Euphoria,” the goalkeeper said. That sense of unbridled joy is a nice feeling for a team that’s been through, as Schmeichel put it, ”a turbulent emotional roller coaster” at Euro 2020 but now has every reason to look…


Footballer Christian Eriksen Sends Public Thank You Message From Hospital

COPENHAGEN—Christian Eriksen sent his first public message from the hospital on Tuesday, thanking supporters for their “sweet and amazing” well-wishes after his collapse at the European Championship. Eriksen remains in the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland on Saturday, when he had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator on the field….


Eriksen’s Teammates to ‘Play for Christian’ at Euro 2020

COPENHAGEN—Christian Eriksen had a simple message for his Denmark teammates when he spoke to them from the hospital for the first time following his collapse at the European Championship. “He told us to look forward, and to look forward to the game on Thursday,” Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg said Monday. “That meant a lot. … It gave…


Doctor: Eriksen ‘Was Gone’ Before Being Resuscitated

COPENHAGEN—Denmark’s team doctor said Sunday that Christian Eriksen’s heart stopped and that “he was gone” before being resuscitated with a defibrillator at the European Championship. Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 group game against Finland on Saturday and was given lengthy medical treatment before regaining consciousness. “He was gone. And we did cardiac resuscitation….