COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark
The COVID-19 pandemic occurs in Denmark since February 2020 as part of the global COVID-19 pandemic on. The cause of the disease is the pathogen SARS-CoV-2 . The first case was announced on February 27, 2020. After the Danish government spoke of an epidemic from March 2nd, it ordered the closure of schools and other public facilities on March 11, 2020. From April 15, these measures were relaxed again, in particular kindergartens and schools were reopened up to the 5th grade as the first. From May 18, further easing followed.
course
January
On January 22nd, 2020, the Danish health authority Sundhedsstyrelsen published an assessment according to which there is a very low probability that the disease would come to Denmark. From the end of January 2020, the first Danish citizens were evacuated from the Hubei province, which was badly affected by the virus . The evacuees were quarantined as a precaution and all tested negative for the virus.
February
The first case was finally announced on February 27, 2020: a man who had recently returned from Lombardy had tested positive for the coronavirus. The Sundhedsstyrelsen authority stuck to the assessment that the risk of the disease spreading in Denmark was rather low. Another case became known on February 28. Since the affected man did not contact a doctor until nine days after the infection and was isolated, it was difficult to find possible contact persons.
March
On March 2, 2020, the health authority stated that 10 to 15 percent of the population will probably be infected and spoke of an epidemic in Denmark for the first time. In the days that followed, the number of infected people initially rose slowly; the World Health Organization (WHO) report of March 5 cited ten cases, and rose to 36 by March 9. On March 10th, 11th and 12th the numbers mentioned there were more than twice as high as the day before. On March 12, 2020, 615 cases were named.
On March 13, 2020, an 80-year-old person died of a heart attack in North Jutland and tested positive for the virus after death. At this point in time, there was no further death from the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen in Denmark. On March 14, an 81-year-old person from Herlev died of the coronavirus. She had developed symptoms of Covid infection while in hospital.
On March 20, 2020, it was reported that 186 people are being hospitalized for the virus, 37 of them in an intensive care unit . The death toll had risen to nine. According to a report by Statens Serum Institut (SSI) on March 25, 2020, 526 of 1715 COVID-19 cases were treated in the hospital at the time. 34 deaths were reported; they had died between the ages of 50 and 94. The median was 79 years.
April
The SSI report dated April 1, 2020 listed 3,092 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Due to the human effort, no information was collected on how many of the sick people are already healthy again. According to an estimate, of the 917 people who tested positive in the eighth to eleventh calendar week, 97%, i.e. 894 people, had already survived the disease. Due to the improving situation, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced on April 6 that the measures would be gradually relaxed (see also duration of measures ). The SSI daily report of April 7th listed 4,978 confirmed cases, with an estimated 1,491 of these having already survived the disease. The number of deaths was 203.
From May
In May, the number of infections fell further compared to the previous months. At the end of July there was another increase in the number of cases. There was a greater increase in the city of Aarhus in particular , where 68 of the 121 new cases nationwide were registered on August 6, 2020. In response to this, the start of school days for grammar schools in Aarhus was postponed and a requirement for wearing mouth and nose protection on public transport was issued.
activities
Closure of facilities
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced extensive measures on March 11 to contain the spread of the virus. From March 16, public schools and universities were initially closed for two weeks. All employees in the public sector who did not hold any critical functions should no longer appear for work from March 13, 2020 and should work from home if possible. Private sector employees were encouraged to work from home or take vacation when possible. All public cultural institutions were also temporarily closed for two weeks. It was also announced that the use of public transport would decrease and visits to hospitals and nursing homes would be restricted. Gatherings with over 100 people inside buildings were banned by an emergency law.
On March 17, 2020, the Danish government passed a resolution banning gatherings in public spaces with more than 10 people. Shopping centers, sports venues, restaurants, cafes and other places with close contact between people have also been closed. No bans were introduced for private spaces, but Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called for people to stop meeting there either. The more open shops were required to have enough space there and customers to wash their hands. Frederiksen described a general curfew as not yet necessary at that time.
The easing of the regulation began on April 15, 2020. First, kindergartens and schools were opened for students up to the fifth grade. This was followed on April 20, including courts, hairdressers, masseurs and driving schools. The second phase of the repealed measures was presented on May 7, 2020. From May 11, shopping centers were allowed to reopen, and restaurants and cafes from May 18. The lessons were also extended to students up to the 10th grade.
Restriction of regular hospital operations
On March 13, 2020, the Danish government and the health authorities decided to restrict general hospital operations in order to be able to prioritize the COVID-19 patients. Patients with diseases that are not acute and life-threatening were therefore no longer treated during the epidemic. Thus, on the one hand, infections should be prevented and the health staff should be relieved.
Border closure
On March 13, 2020, the Foreign Ministry under Minister Jeppe Kofod recommended that all unnecessary trips abroad be avoided. It asked all Danes who are abroad and who do not live permanently abroad to return home. Prime Minister Frederiksen announced that the border would be closed on March 14, 2020 from 12 p.m. on the same day. All persons who had no valid reason to enter were prevented from entering the country from then on. Air, ferry and train traffic were also restricted. The Danish army was used at the national borders to support the police. The movement of goods and commuters were not legally restricted by the border closure.
On May 6, 2020, Frederiksen stated that opening the borders or a road map was not a priority. The chairman of the conservative Venstre , Jakob Ellemann-Jensen , however, demanded that a plan for the border situation should be worked out so that the tourism industry can proceed accordingly.
On May 29, 2020, the government announced that Norwegians, Germans and Icelanders would be allowed to re-enter from June 15. Tourists had to be able to prove that they had booked at least six nights outside of Copenhagen. At the same time, the travel warnings for Danish citizens for trips to Iceland, Norway and Germany were dropped. On June 18, the announcement followed that, from June 27, 2020, residents of the countries of the EU, the Schengen area and Great Britain would also be allowed to enter the country. The Danes were also allowed to travel to these countries. Countries with more than 20 infections per 100,000 inhabitants were exempt from the two regulations.
On August 14, 2020, the Folketing National Parliament came to the conclusion to end the six-day rule and allow tourists to travel to the country again for a shorter period of time.
Judiciary
Inger Støjberg , legal policy spokeswoman for the liberal-conservative party Venstre , proposed a law according to which crime in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic can be punished more severely. It allows the penalty to be doubled, and in some cases quadrupled. The law should apply both to fraud in the area of government aid payments and to the theft of disinfectants or protective masks . Theft from hospitals should result in prison terms of between 10 and 30 days. The Frederiksen government , like most of the parties represented in the National Folketing Parliament, supported this proposal. Only the radical Venstre party spoke out against it in advance.
Duration of the measures
On March 30, 2020, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that the measures to slow down public life required by April 13 may be relaxed gradually and in a controlled manner after this period has expired. The prerequisite for this was that the number of cases developed positively. Before this announcement, there had been signs of a stabilization of the values, which is why the central Danish institute for health research, the Statens Serum Institute (SSI), considered this procedure to be possible.
On April 6, 2020, Frederiksen announced the timetable for easing the measures at a press conference. She announced that from April 15th childcare and school up to the fifth grade would take place again. The other measures were extended until May 10, 2020, whereby universities, churches and shopping centers, for example, remained closed. The ban on large gatherings, such as markets or festivals, should continue until August.
On April 14, 2020, Frederiksen stated that the containment of the infections was working better than expected. Therefore, it is possible to open the country faster than initially planned. On April 16, 2020, the government announced that the parties had agreed to allow hairdressers, masseurs, driving schools and courts to return to day-to-day business. There was also talk of a permit for restaurants and cafes, but the Statens Serum Institute advised against that.
On April 21, 2020 it was announced that gatherings of over 500 people would remain prohibited until at least September 1, 2020. The ban on gatherings for more than 10 people initially continued to apply until May 10, 2020. On August 6, the Ministry of Health announced that the upper limit for events would not be raised to 200 and will remain at 100 due to increasing numbers of infections across the country.
Mask requirement
Except at airports, there is no mask requirement in Denmark. On July 31, 2020, the Sundhedsstyrelsen health authority recommended the use of mouth and nose protection for the first time in certain situations, such as at large events.
App Smittestop
On June 18, 2020, the official COVID-19 app Smittestop (German: contagion stop ) was made available for download. Initially, it was planned to publish the app in April 2020. At this point, however, the centralized storage approach was criticized and the developers switched to a decentralized solution. This should offer more security for the data.
criticism
Criticism of the Minister of Culture
Culture and Church Minister Joy Mogensen received criticism for her response to the pandemic from both the opposition and the parties that support Frederiksen's minority government. The cultural policy spokeswoman for Radical Venstre , Zenia Stampe , said that they had lost confidence that Mogensen would recognize the problem correctly and in good time and that it would damage the continued existence of cultural life. Mogensen had previously referred cultural workers to other government aid packages that were set up for companies. Thereupon a majority formed in the Folketing, which wants to transfer responsibility for the cultural aid package to other ministries. On March 31, 2020, Mogensen finally presented an aid package for artists and non-municipal secondary schools.
Criticism of the reason for the shutdown
When she announced that she would largely shut down public life on March 11, 2020, Fredriksen stated that this would be done on the recommendation of the responsible authorities. It was later published that the head of the Sundhedsstyrelsen , Søren Brostrøm , saw no reason for such measures in an email. He would have noted, for example, that the negative effects of the school closings were too great compared to their positive effects.
statistics
Evolution of the epidemic
The figures in the following statistics are the official figures of the Danish authorities, the survey principles and methodology of which have changed over the course of the pandemic.
Confirmed infections (cumulative) in Denmark
according to data from the Statens Serum Institute
New infections in Denmark
according to data from the Danish State Serum Institute
Confirmed deaths (cumulative) in Denmark
according to data from the Danish State Serum Institute
Confirmed deaths (daily) in Denmark
according to data from the Danish State Serum Institute
Regional distribution
| region | Population (2019) | Total infected | Infected / 100,000 inh. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hovedstaden | 1,846,023 | 8160 | 442.0 |
| Midtjylland | 1,326,340 | 2341 | 176.5 |
| North Jylland | 589.936 | 673 | 114.1 |
| Sjælland | 837.359 | 2379 | 284.1 |
| Syddanmark | 1,223,105 | 1204 | 98.4 |
| total | 5,822,763 | 14,757 | 253.4 |
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According to data from the Statens Serum Institute , updated on August 11, 2020 |
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Reactions from abroad
On March 14, 2020, Norway introduced a quarantine requirement for all people who had stayed outside of Norway, Sweden and Finland after February 27, 2020. Previously, Iceland and Denmark were also considered to be countries of residence that did not lead to mandatory quarantine. On March 16, Germany restricted border traffic with Denmark to commuter and freight traffic.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
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