Denmark is expected to lift its corona restrictions completely from Monday. Plans that are being discussed by a researcher. -What we are seeing now is an infection that is almost out of control, says Jørn Kolmos, professor of clinical microbiology.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) is expected to announce on Wednesday evening that Denmark will lift all its corona restrictions as of January 31. This is stated by several sources for the newspaper Jyllands-Posten..
Frederiksen is reported to have announced that Covid-19 will no longer be considered a critical disease as of February 5, but that restrictions will be lifted a few days earlier. According to Jyllands-Posten, this is in line with the recommendations of the country's epidemic commission.
High spread of infection
The Danish parliament, the Folketinget, has already lifted some of the corona restrictions on Danish cultural life. Just under a week and a half ago, for example, the country's museums were allowed to reopen, but at present there are still a number of restrictions for bars and nightclubs.
However, the spread of the infection remains high in Denmark. On Tuesday, just over 46,000 new cases of COVID-19 were registered and more than one in five people (21.8 percent) who have tested themselves in the past 24 hours received a positive result, which is the highest proportion during the entire pandemic.
”Nothing has changed”
Jørn Kolmos, professor of clinical microbiology at the University of Southern Denmark, believes that it is far too early to open society completely.
– You can very well discuss and plan what will happen in the future, but we have to break the infection curve and we have not done that yet, says Jørn Kolmos.
Kolmos believes that the spread of the infection could turn downward again in a couple of weeks and that it may not be possible to lift some restrictions until mid-February. If the restrictions are lifted now, it is a purely political decision, he believes.
– Nothing has changed regarding the justification for introducing restrictions. On the contrary, we have introduced these restrictions based on significantly lower (infection) rates, says Jørn Kolmos.
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The number of hospitalized patients rose by 24 to 918, the highest number in a year. Of these, 44 patients required intensive care.
The highest number of hospitalizations to date was recorded on January 4, 2021, when 964 COVID-19 patients were treated in Danish hospitals. The number of deaths with confirmed COVID-19 throughout the pandemic amounted to 3,635 people on Monday.
Source: svt.se
