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 Denmark's government on Monday asked the country's health authority to reconsider rulings against using the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines, after struggling to keep its vaccination drive on schedule. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210531/danish-government-wants-rethink-on-dropped-vaccines Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:41:56 +0200 danish-government-wants-rethink-on-dropped-vaccines People in Denmark can register for medical consultation with a view to being given a Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson outside of the country’s national vaccination programme. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210531/explained-how-does-denmarks-voluntary-system-work-for-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines Mon, 31 May 2021 16:03:01 +0200 explained-how-does-denmarks-voluntary-system-work-for-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines A 30-year-old woman from the Greater Copenhagen region has become the first person in Denmark to receive compensation for side effects caused by Covid-19 vaccination. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210528/denmark-gives-woman-given-compensation-for-covid-19-vaccine-side-effects Fri, 28 May 2021 11:09:51 +0200 denmark-gives-woman-given-compensation-for-covid-19-vaccine-side-effects Denmark plans to donate three million Covid-19 doses to developing countries this year through the Covax global sharing scheme, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210525/denmark-to-donate-millions-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-global-scheme Tue, 25 May 2021 10:22:05 +0200 denmark-to-donate-millions-of-covid-19-vaccines-to-global-scheme Twenty employees of the Danish engineering firm Lowenco, together with their boss Mikael Hoier, on Sunday became the first people to be given the Johnson & Johnson vaccine under Denmark’s new optional vaccination scheme. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210524/danish-engineers-first-to-be-jabbed-under-new-voluntary-scheme Mon, 24 May 2021 21:03:07 +0200 danish-engineers-first-to-be-jabbed-under-new-voluntary-scheme People in Denmark can now register for medical consultation with a view to being given a Covid-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca or Johnson & Johnson outside of the country’s national vaccination programme. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210521/private-danish-company-gets-permission-to-vaccinate-with-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-jabs Fri, 21 May 2021 18:25:16 +0200 private-danish-company-gets-permission-to-vaccinate-with-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-jabs Danish health authorities have given the green light to combining leftover drops from coronavirus vaccines vials in order to squeeze extra doses from supplies. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210520/denmark-to-mix-leftovers-from-covid-19-vaccine-vials Thu, 20 May 2021 16:06:18 +0200 denmark-to-mix-leftovers-from-covid-19-vaccine-vials A new scheme came into effect on Thursday allowing people in Denmark to choose to have the Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210520/denmark-allows-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines-to-be-given-by-private-suppliers Thu, 20 May 2021 12:39:03 +0200 denmark-allows-astrazeneca-and-johnson-johnson-vaccines-to-be-given-by-private-suppliers The Danish Health Authority has delayed a decision over whether it will use the Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson until next week. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210429/denmark-delays-decision-over-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:58:41 +0200 denmark-delays-decision-over-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine People who live within the Greater Copenhagen health authority region can register on a daily waiting list to be offered one of a small number of unused Covid-19 vaccines at short notice. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210427/copenhagen-to-offer-leftover-covid-19-vaccines-heres-how-to-sign-up Tue, 27 Apr 2021 18:08:44 +0200 copenhagen-to-offer-leftover-covid-19-vaccines-heres-how-to-sign-up Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen wants Denmark to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines from 2022. The state will work with the private sector to achieve that aim, she said. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210427/danish-pm-wants-domestic-covid-19-vaccine-production-in-2022 Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:48:41 +0200 danish-pm-wants-domestic-covid-19-vaccine-production-in-2022 Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to visit the EU this summer, president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has vowed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210426/vaccinated-americans-will-be-able-to-travel-to-europe-this-summer-says-eu-chief Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:17:55 +0200 vaccinated-americans-will-be-able-to-travel-to-europe-this-summer-says-eu-chief The waiting time between receiving the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna in Denmark is to be increased from three to six weeks. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210422/denmark-pushes-forward-covid-19-vaccines-with-increased-gap-between-doses Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:26:53 +0200 denmark-pushes-forward-covid-19-vaccines-with-increased-gap-between-doses Danish health authorities will announce next week whether the Covid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson is to be withdrawn from the country’s vaccination programme. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210421/denmark-to-make-decision-next-week-on-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:49:10 +0200 denmark-to-make-decision-next-week-on-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine Denmark is to give 55,000 doses of its AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine to the neighbouring German state of Schleswig-Holstein after dropping the jab from its vaccination programme amid concerns about side effects. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210421/denmark-lends-germany-55000-astrazeneca-vaccine-doses Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:56:46 +0200 denmark-lends-germany-55000-astrazeneca-vaccine-doses The Danish Health Authority no longer recommends people who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 be tested regularly for the virus. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210420/vaccinated-people-exempted-from-danish-covid-19-testing-guidelines Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:39:29 +0200 vaccinated-people-exempted-from-danish-covid-19-testing-guidelines Denmark is in discussions with a number of countries over exchanging its shelved Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210420/denmark-in-dialogue-over-swap-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:16:49 +0200 denmark-in-dialogue-over-swap-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccines Denmark’s national health authority has said that the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 could be offered to members of the public outside of the country's regular vaccination programme, but the pathway to such an arrangement is complicated. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210419/astrazeneca-voluntary-vaccination-in-denmark-possible-but-complicated Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:22:57 +0200 astrazeneca-voluntary-vaccination-in-denmark-possible-but-complicated The Danish Health Authority has confirmed that people who have received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be offered a second dose from another company. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210419/denmarks-astrazeneca-second-doses-to-be-replaced-with-different-vaccine Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:24:20 +0200 denmarks-astrazeneca-second-doses-to-be-replaced-with-different-vaccine Pharma company Pfizer has revised its plan for deliveries of its Covid-19 vaccine to Denmark in the coming months. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210416/new-plan-boosts-denmarks-pfizer-vaccine-deliveries Fri, 16 Apr 2021 19:11:34 +0200 new-plan-boosts-denmarks-pfizer-vaccine-deliveries