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 The Danish Health Authority has published a list of which citizens will be prioritised for a third, booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, with some 50,000 people likely to be eligible. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210830/denmark-to-give-booster-doses-to-those-with-weakened-immune-systems Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:48:09 +0200 denmark-to-give-booster-doses-to-those-with-weakened-immune-systems The European Commission authorised the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds on Friday, following the European Medicines Agency's approval of administering the jabs to adolescents earlier in the day. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210529/eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 Sat, 29 May 2021 21:05:57 +0200 eu-approves-pfizer-in-children-over-12 People who are staying in Denmark temporarily for 30 days or more can be offered Covid-19 vaccination under the Danish health system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210517/how-short-term-residents-in-denmark-can-access-covid-19-vaccination Mon, 17 May 2021 17:08:05 +0200 how-short-term-residents-in-denmark-can-access-covid-19-vaccination Denmark yet again changed its target date for when all residents over the age of 16 will be vaccinated, pushing it back a week until August 29th. But not everyone will see delays. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210510/denmarks-vaccination-dates-slip-back-another-week-this-is-when-you-can-expect-your-shot Mon, 10 May 2021 15:50:14 +0200 denmarks-vaccination-dates-slip-back-another-week-this-is-when-you-can-expect-your-shot Pfizer/BioNTech said on Friday it has asked European regulators to authorise its Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds, a move seen as a crucial step toward achieving herd immunity. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210430/could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:38:58 +0200 could-12-to-15-year-olds-in-eu-soon-be-given-the-pfizer-covid-vaccine The EU will have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210420/eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:48:29 +0200 eu-will-have-vaccine-doses-for-70-percent-of-adults-by-mid-july Europe's stuttering vaccine rollout faced multiple hurdles on Friday as EU regulators said they were reviewing side effects of the Johnson & Johnson shot and France further limited its use of the AstraZeneca jab. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210410/europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns Sat, 10 Apr 2021 11:32:26 +0200 europes-vaccine-woes-deepen-as-regulator-probes-another-jab-over-blood-clot-concerns The World Health Organization on Thursday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" and said it was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210401/europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:58:27 +0200 europes-slow-vaccine-rollout-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-as-infections-surge Danish authorities on Saturday reported a further two cases of cerebral thrombosis among hospital staff shortly after they received an inoculation with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210320/denmark-reports-two-more-serious-blood-clot-cases-in-connection-with-astrazeneca-jab-2 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 14:41:37 +0100 denmark-reports-two-more-serious-blood-clot-cases-in-connection-with-astrazeneca-jab-2 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Thursday that the AstraZeneca vaccine was a "safe and effective" tool in the battle against Covid-19 but its investigation could not rule out whether the jab had caused rare cases of blood clotting. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210318/breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:16:51 +0100 breaking-astrazeneca-jab-is-safe-and-effective-vaccine-against-covid-19-european-medicines-agency-concludes The date by which Denmark expects to complete its Covid-19 vaccinations has been moved forward by three weeks to July 25th. The prioritisation for vaccinations has also been adjusted slightly. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210317/denmark-moves-forward-finish-date-for-covid-19-vaccinations-and-adjusts-queue Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:09:33 +0100 denmark-moves-forward-finish-date-for-covid-19-vaccinations-and-adjusts-queue The EU's medicines regulator said Tuesday it was "firmly convinced" the benefits of AstraZeneca's vaccine outweigh potential risks, insisting there was no evidence linking it to blood clots after several nations suspended the shot over health fears. It came as Brussels sealed a deal for 10 million more Pfizer doses. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210316/astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses Tue, 16 Mar 2021 23:11:24 +0100 astrazeneca-benefits-outweigh-risks-ema-says-as-eu-orders-10-million-more-pfizer-doses One in ten people in Denmark have now received at least one dose of a Coronavirus vaccine, the country's health minister said on Sunday, claiming an important milestone on the way out of the pandemic. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210314/one-in-10-people-in-denmark-has-now-had-covid-19-jab Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:35:07 +0100 one-in-10-people-in-denmark-has-now-had-covid-19-jab The European Union will receive an extra four million BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine doses over the next two weeks to be deployed to Covid-19 "hotspots", European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210310/europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:54:37 +0100 europes-covid-19-hotspots-to-be-sent-million-four-million-more-vaccine-doses Following several other European countries, Danish health officials on Friday approved the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for people over 65, citing evidence from a study on the vaccine in Scotland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210305/denmark-approves-astrazeneca-vaccine-for-over-65s Fri, 05 Mar 2021 15:12:52 +0100 denmark-approves-astrazeneca-vaccine-for-over-65s The EU's disease agency has launched a Covid-19 vaccine tracking tool, providing an overview of countries' efforts in the rollout of inoculations across Europe. It came as the EU Commission said it was shifting its strategy away from relying on the AstraZeneca vaccine. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210202/eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:20:19 +0100 eu-launches-vaccine-tracker-and-shifts-strategy-away-from-astrazeneca Denmark’s opposition Social Liberal (Radikale Venstre) Party says that parents should be able to choose whether their children share daycare facilities with unvaccinated youngsters. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170906/copenhagen-parents-should-be-able-to-reject-unvaccinated-children-from-daycare-party Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:16:51 +0200 copenhagen-parents-should-be-able-to-reject-unvaccinated-children-from-daycare-party