https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A mink breeder located in West Jutland has been handed a fine and suspended prison sentence for keeping the animals while a national ban on the trade was in place. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230417/denmark-gives-mink-farmer-suspended-sentence-for-illegal-breeding Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:06:12 +0200 denmark-gives-mink-farmer-suspended-sentence-for-illegal-breeding The city court in Roskilde on Friday fined the owners of a beauty clinic in the town 200,000 kroner each for repeatedly opening their business during Covid-19 lockdown. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230414/danish-court-hands-out-hefty-fine-to-beauty-salon-owners-for-covid-19-breach Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:05:03 +0200 danish-court-hands-out-hefty-fine-to-beauty-salon-owners-for-covid-19-breach Travellers from China should not need a negative Covid-19 test when arriving in Denmark, the national infectious disease control agency State Serum Institute recommended on Saturday, in an assessment sent to the Ministry of Health. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230107/denmarks-infectious-disease-agency-does-not-recommend-covid-tests-for-china-arrivals Sat, 07 Jan 2023 18:26:39 +0100 denmarks-infectious-disease-agency-does-not-recommend-covid-tests-for-china-arrivals Denmark’s health minister Sophie Løhde has asked the national infectious disease control agency State Serum Institute to assess whether travellers entering the country from China should be asked to provide a negative Covid-19 test. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230105/denmark-considers-covid-19-test-requirement-for-travellers-from-china Thu, 05 Jan 2023 11:14:36 +0100 denmark-considers-covid-19-test-requirement-for-travellers-from-china A meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Brussels to discuss the latest Covid situation in China - so could this mark the return of vaccine passports and travel restrictions? https://www.thelocal.dk/20230102/is-the-eu-likely-to-reinstate-covid-travel-restrictions Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:53:22 +0100 is-the-eu-likely-to-reinstate-covid-travel-restrictions The Danish Health Authority no longer recommends isolation following a positive Covid-19 test. https://www.thelocal.dk/20221208/denmarks-health-authority-scaps-isolation-guidelines-for-covid-19 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:38:29 +0100 denmarks-health-authority-scaps-isolation-guidelines-for-covid-19 A resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe, this time driven by new, fast-spreading Omicron subvariants, is once again threatening to disrupt people's summer plans. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220622/covid-subvariants-cast-shadow-over-european-summer Wed, 22 Jun 2022 18:08:14 +0200 covid-subvariants-cast-shadow-over-european-summer Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday that the Danish government and health authorities do not expect severe social restrictions such as lockdowns to be necessary should Covid-19 cases surge during the coming winter. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220622/danish-pm-expects-coming-winter-without-covid-19-restrictions Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:15:07 +0200 danish-pm-expects-coming-winter-without-covid-19-restrictions As many as 2.5 million residents of Denmark, almost half the country’s population, will be offered an new booster vaccination against Covid-19 this autumn. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220622/denmark-to-offer-all-over-50s-autumn-covid-19-vaccine Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:50:43 +0200 denmark-to-offer-all-over-50s-autumn-covid-19-vaccine Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said on Friday that the government is prepared to take steps to prevent new restrictions should Denmark see a resurgence in Covid-19 cases later this year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220603/danish-health-minister-says-further-covid-19-vaccinations-could-ward-off-restrictions Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:04:12 +0200 danish-health-minister-says-further-covid-19-vaccinations-could-ward-off-restrictions Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday that the government will soon present a strategy for managing Covid-19 should the virus resurge in Denmark next autumn and winter. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220523/denmarks-autumn-covid-19-strategy-to-be-presented-before-summer Mon, 23 May 2022 16:37:40 +0200 denmarks-autumn-covid-19-strategy-to-be-presented-before-summer The Danish government must currently receive the backing of parliament before implementing major interventions in response to a public health threat such as the Covid-19 pandemic. But an evaluation by two ministries suggests they favour more flexibility on the area. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220405/why-danish-government-is-considering-more-scope-for-epidemic-restrictions Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:36:26 +0200 why-danish-government-is-considering-more-scope-for-epidemic-restrictions Denmark’s Covid-19 contact tracing app Smittestop will become inactive by March 31st, the country’s health ministry said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220325/denmark-to-shut-down-smittestop-covid-19-tracing-app Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:57:03 +0100 denmark-to-shut-down-smittestop-covid-19-tracing-app The Covid-19 contact tracing system in Denmark is to be significantly downsized, with most staff to be let go. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220318/denmarks-covid-19-contact-tracing-service-to-release-90-percent-of-staff Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:55:24 +0100 denmarks-covid-19-contact-tracing-service-to-release-90-percent-of-staff The UK is set to scrap all Covid-19 travel restrictions in what the government described as a "landmark moment". https://www.thelocal.dk/20220315/travel-in-europe-uk-to-scrap-all-travel-covid-travel-rules Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:23:56 +0100 travel-in-europe-uk-to-scrap-all-travel-covid-travel-rules The wearing of a face mask as a precaution against Covid-19 will soon no longer be obligatory in Danish airports. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220311/danish-airports-drop-face-mask-rules-after-more-than-600-days Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:55:14 +0100 danish-airports-drop-face-mask-rules-after-more-than-600-days The Danish Health Authority has changed its recommendations on when people with suspected Covid-19 should be tested for the coronavirus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220310/denmark-says-covid-19-testing-now-only-needed-for-special-medical-reasons Thu, 10 Mar 2022 15:46:09 +0100 denmark-says-covid-19-testing-now-only-needed-for-special-medical-reasons The ‘divider’, a piece of plastic placed on the conveyer belt at Danish supermarket checkouts to separate shoppers’ goods from each other, disappeared in 2020 as a precaution against Covid-19. Will it return? https://www.thelocal.dk/20220214/what-happened-to-denmarks-supermarket-checkout-dividers Mon, 14 Feb 2022 17:23:02 +0100 what-happened-to-denmarks-supermarket-checkout-dividers Denmark’s Covid-19 restrictions largely came to an end on Tuesday, but there are still a few rules and guidelines to be aware of. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220201/are-any-covid-19-rules-still-in-force-in-denmark Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:25:50 +0100 are-any-covid-19-rules-still-in-force-in-denmark Denmark on Tuesday became the first European Union country to lift all of its Covid restrictions despite record numbers of cases, relying on its high vaccination rate to cope with the milder Omicron variant. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220201/denmark-returns-to-life-as-we-knew-it-as-covid-19-restrictions-end-despite-omicron Tue, 01 Feb 2022 10:50:31 +0100 denmark-returns-to-life-as-we-knew-it-as-covid-19-restrictions-end-despite-omicron