Clear and transparent communication from the health authority has helped the country reach high vaccination rates
Nightlife guests gather in front of of Rumors on Norregade, after the coronavirus disease shutdown, in Copenhagen, Denmark, picture released September 3 2021. Picture: REUTERS/RITZAU SCANPIX
Denmark is now enjoying the fruits of that trust: the highest vaccination coverage in the EU after Malta, which is enabling the phase-out of Covid-19 restrictions while maintaining a low disease burden. New Covid-19 cases in the nation of 5.8-million people have averaged fewer than 900 a day for the past month, while just over 200 deaths were recorded during the previous six months. Since late April, Denmark has gradually opened restaurants and sporting arenas. A mask mandate was lifted in June.
The Nordic nation’s pandemic response got off to a “rocky start”, according to Kristian Andersen, a professor of immunology and microbiology at the Scripps Research Institute in California. The Danish expatriate publicly criticised the country’s initial approach that spurned “lockdowns, widespread testing, face masks, and general mitigation efforts”, and toyed with a “herd immunity” strategy akin to Sweden’s.
“My reply was, of course they can. We are sexual beings. Sex is healthy. Sex is good,” he recalled. “The Danish Health Authority’s in favour of sex.”Brostrom, who was an obstetrician and gynaecologist before joining the government 10 years ago, explained that Covid-19 couldn’t be transmitted by semen or vaginal fluid, but that close physical contact brought a risk of inhaling the virus.
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