PM issues stern warning to health authorities: Must do better
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has reportedly told the health authorities they need to do better to fight the spread of the coronavirus. During a Skyped video briefing of the corona crisis with all…
MoreHealth Minister apologises for dismissal of South Korean offer
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has apologised for the health authorities’ failure to follow up on a South Korean offer to supply coronavirus testing kits. After Berlingske reported how a South Korean official, acting…
MoreChina’s richest man donates half a million face masks to Denmark
China’s richest man, Jack Ma, has despatched a plane full of protective equipment to Denmark to help combat the coronavirus. The Jack Ma Foundation has donated 500,000 face masks, 50,000 test kits, and…
MoreCorona shakes consumer confidence
Consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level for eight years as the coronavirus has taken hold. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show Denmark’s consumer confidence fell sharply in March to 0.4 in…
MoreVirus updates:
Surveillance of smart-phone data?….Younger people hospitalised too….Carlsberg donates DKK95m to corona projects The National Serum Institute has urged the government to monitor all mobile phone traffic to provide information for future studies when…
MoreDenmark rejects South Korean offer of corona testing kits
The Danish health authorities have rejected an offer to buy coronavirus testing kits from South Korea, the country that has enjoyed the most success in slowing the speed of the virus by aggressively…
MoreDenmark gives $15m to UN corona efforts
The government has donated an extra DKK100m ($15m) to the United Nations (UN) to help combat the global spread of COVID-19 – DKK50m to WHO (World Health Organization) and the same to UNICEF (United…
MoreEx-PM criticises China’s Taiwan policy
In a lengthy article in TIME magazine, ex-UN Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen questions how the corona virus travelled 7,000 kilometers from China to Denmark and infected more than 1,000 people in this…
MoreCoronavirus updates:
1,400 infected…13 deaths…Experts optimistic…and pessimistic…Doctor tests positive… Nearly 1,400 people in Denmark had tested positive for the coronavirus as of late Sunday, a rise of 69 on the previous day. 232 are hospitalised…
MoreIntelligence report: Foreign fighter kids aren’t a threat…yet
Children born to Danish foreign fighters who left Denmark to join the Islamic State (IS) aren’t a threat to Denmark but the longer they remain in prison camps in Syria, the greater chance…
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