Denmark, which has 533 coronavirus-related deaths, was the first in Europe to relax its coronavirus lockdown almost a month ago.
COPENHAGEN - Denmark is"very unlikely" to be hit by a second wave of coronavirus, the country's chief epidemiologist said on Tuesday, after the government laid out plans for increased testing and a contact tracing system.
"No country has seen an actual second wave yet. Some countries have seen the spread go up and down," state epidemiologist Kare Molbak said at a news briefing.Fears that a second wave of infections could thwart the reopening of the global economy were triggered on Monday after Germany, relatively successful in slowing the outbreak, reported that infections had accelerated again after the first tentative steps to ease its lockdown.
Despite the reopening, the so-called reproduction rate, which shows the average number of infections one person with the virus causes, fell to 0.7 in the first week of May from 0.9. To prevent a second wave, health authorities will begin more actively tracking people who may have been in contact with infected people and if necessary put some in isolation in empty hotels, she said.
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