Reopening gives economy a monthly DKK2bn shot in the arm
The Finance Ministry projects the March 1st reopening will boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by around DKK 2bn ($327m) per month and allow 37,000 people to return to work – despite slight 0.6% growth…
MoreLiberal leader: Cure is worse than the disease
The opposition liberals (Venstre) will continue to push for a wider reopening of society even though it would cost more lives. In an interview with TV2 News last night party leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen…
MorePM urges EU to speed up vaccine rollout
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged Europe to do more to increase vaccine production. Ahead of a virtual summit of EU leaders, Wednesday, the PM expressed her disappointment at the speed of the…
MoreVirus updates
Infections up but hospitalisations down….Study confirms B117 risk….Hospitals ‘bump up’ corona statistics…. 523 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, the 4th-highest single-day rate during February. At the same time the number of tests…
MoreSpate of fires in Nørrebro
The inner-city district of Nørrebro in Copenhagen has been hit by a wave of fires this week in what police say looks like a coordinated criminal action. The emergency services were called out…
MoreRetail sales slump to 6-year low
Clothing sales, devastated by the lockdown, fell by 43.3% month on month in January and are now 56.4% down on the same period last year. Overall, retail sales dropped to the lowest level…
MoreOpposition parties thrown out of reopening negotiations
When the government presents its reopening plan this morning it will be without any input from opposition parties who were thrown out of negotiations late last night. All parties were summoned to a…
MoreExperts: A 3rd wave is inevitable
Health experts have warned that the gradual reopening of society from next week will lead to a 3rd wave of the corona virus and around 900 hospitalisatons by mid-April, equalling the numbers when…
MoreNew Epidemy Law provides more power to parliament
Despite disagreement about the government’s reopening policy a cross-party majority passed a new epidemy bill yesterday that contains wide-reaching powers to stop the spread of corona and possible future viruses. In contrast to…
MoreVirus updates
Virus gains strength….Infection rate on the rise…93% of population waiting for vaccination…. 529 new corona cases were registered, Tuesday, a sign that the epidemic is slowly gaining strength. Based on 107,000 tests the…
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