Economy in ‘freefall’
Despite the government’s efforts to ease the lockdown the economy is in freefall and heading for the biggest quarterly downturn in modern times – that’s the gloomy outlook from four of Denmark’s top…
MoreVirus boost for Social Democrats
The electorate has rallied around Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during the coronavirus crisis, reflected in a new opinion poll showing the Social Democrats are now enjoying their highest level of support since 1998….
MoreRate of infection could be 70 times higher
The official figures say more than 5,000 people in this country are infected with the corona virus but the real numbers could be 30-80 times higher, the National Serum institute has warned. Tests…
MoreVirus updates
Death rate tops 200…Red/Greens call for state ownership of protective equipment…Hospitals test Japanese heartburn drug to treat virus…Royal Family cancels all summer trips…..WHO warns against rush to re-open…. The death rate from the…
MoreBusiness shorts
National Bank buys currency to shore up krone…..Industrial production on the rise pre-corona… The National Bank bought up DKK 64.7 bn of Danish currency ($9.42 billion) in March to defend the crown’s peg…
MorePM eases lockdown – schools to reopen
The government, as expected, announced plans last night to gradually ease the lockdown but failed to go as far as many had hoped. At a press briefing Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said kindergartens,…
MoreVirus expert questions government’s ‘experiment’
The government has embarked on a ’risky policy’ a leading virus expert said last night after the prime minister announced schools and kindergartens will be allowed to reopen after Easter. Professor Allan Randrup…
MoreOpposition leaders criticise stubborn PM
For the first time since the coronavirus gripped the country nearly a month ago the prime minister has come under fire from the opposition. Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen told Berlingske that Denmark may…
MoreEconomists issue dire warning
The corona crisis is going to ‘wreak havoc’ on the Danish economy, the so-called ’wise men’ of the Economic Council warned in a new report published yesterday. The top economists presented two different…
MoreHealth specialists trialling controversial malaria drug against virus
Danish specialists are going ahead with clinical trials of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible antidote to the coronavirus even though it’s been rejected by leading Swedish hospitals due to serious side effects. Thomas…
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