**Government to remove Covid restrictions from Tuesday**
Mark your calendars for Tuesday.
Because that’s probably the end of both wearing masks and showing coronapassport. And it will once again be possible to go to big stadium concerts and watch football matches with packed seats.
This is the consequence of the government’s decision to remove covid-19 from the list of socially critical diseases. This means that it will no longer be possible to maintain the restrictions we have lived with over the winter.
Let’s take the technical first.
Yesterday, the so-called Epidemic Commission recommended that the categorisation of coronavirus as a socially critical disease be dropped as of the weekend.
The government now announces that it will follow this recommendation, with one change.
This is done in a letter to the Parliament’s Epidemiology Committee from Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S).
– I want to follow the recommendation of the Epidemic Commission, but in such a way that the categorisation of covid-19 as a socially critical disease is abolished as of 1 February 2022.
**Enhedslisten (far-left party in DK) supports the government’s line**
Formally, the decision to de-list coronavirus must go through a meeting of the Epidemiology Committee late this afternoon. But there is already a majority in favour of following the government’s line, just as an extension of the restrictions would require the government to propose just that. And, as we know, the government is not doing that.
Or to put it another way: If the government does not defeat a proposal for restrictions, the other parties have nothing to return. Because the committee is set up to veto.
But that’s technical. In practice, it probably won’t matter.
Even Enhedslisten – who have been advocates of restrictions during the epidemic – would like to see the categorisation as critical of society scrapped.
– We will support it, and it is crucial, when we have such far-reaching interventions, that it is only used when absolutely necessary, says Peder Hvelplund, spokesperson for the Greens.
The Radicals also support the government’s line, just as all the bourgeois parties have been campaigning for the same position for some time.
Therefore, the proposal that the government – technically – has brought to the epidemic committee meeting is a proposal on whether the categorisation as critical to society should be removed already from Tuesday – or whether it should be maintained until Saturday, confirms Peder Hvelplund.
**Government will continue to test travellers**
Several experts say it makes sense to remove the restrictions now.
– Although we have high infection rates, not many are in intensive care or on life support. And among the elderly in nursing homes, not many are critically ill. So from a health perspective, I don’t see any major problems,” says Allan Randrup Thomsen, professor of viral infections at the University of Copenhagen.
However, the government wants to keep one restriction. The requirement to be tested and/or isolated when entering Denmark.
– I want to see a requirement for testing and isolation after entry from 1 February 2022 and four weeks ahead, Magnus Heunicke writes to the committee.
But the Conservatives’ health spokesman, Per Larsen, would prefer to see that requirement dropped too. He said this yesterday to DR.
– We have a very high immunity in the Danish population, and we have low admission rates in intensive care units. That is why other restrictions are being cancelled. That is why I think we should get rid of the entry restrictions, he said.
The government must not have a majority against it at this afternoon’s meeting if entry restrictions are to continue.
**New infection records**
The decision to remove virtually all restrictions comes at a time when infection rates are setting new records every day. Yesterday, there were 46,590 new cases of infection, while the number of people hospitalised rose to 918.
However, a new risk assessment from the National Serum Institute says the omicron variant of the coronavirus is less dangerous than previous variants. Several studies have also shown this.
“Despite historically high infection rates, a declining hospitalisation rate is observed, as well as an increasing proportion of infected persons estimated to be hospitalised for reasons other than covid-19,” the SSI says.
Nice! Sweden will on the 9th of February I believe.
I somehow don’t get it: the testing/isolation requirement for people entering Denmark, is this supposed to be applicable for non-vaccinated persons only or for all?
I also understand that Denmark currently has reduced the self-isolation requirement for people tested positive to just 4 days provided the infection is associated with mild symptoms only. Will this still be in place or will all quarantine/isolation requirements terminated (edited for clarification) in these cases?
If yes, why should there still be a requirement to test/quarantine/isolate travelers from abroad?
Thank fuck.
This is stupid as shit. We have triple the deaths and very high infection rates. For the most part, Kids are not being vaccinated nor are people getting boosted.
You reap what you sow I guess.
rip Denmark
Didn’t they do that last year only to shut down again two months later? Lol what a joke
Nice. Hope other follow soon.
Seeing Denmark doing this reinforces my belief that we’re making the right decision in England where masks became not mandatory about 6 minutes ago. It is the sensible thing to do.
Nice
Is it actually all restrictions?
So back to pre-covid times, no travel restrictions, no requirement to isolate etc.
Let’s hope it works, and hospitalisation rates remain manageable; it’ll be ver exciting if it does so.
Of course, it might not automatically mean we’re gonna get close to ending this as well, the amount of strain that can be handled by a country’s healthcare system varies from country to country after all; but it’s still a glimmer of hope.
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**DeepL translation:**
**Government to remove Covid restrictions from Tuesday**
Mark your calendars for Tuesday.
Because that’s probably the end of both wearing masks and showing coronapassport. And it will once again be possible to go to big stadium concerts and watch football matches with packed seats.
This is the consequence of the government’s decision to remove covid-19 from the list of socially critical diseases. This means that it will no longer be possible to maintain the restrictions we have lived with over the winter.
Let’s take the technical first.
Yesterday, the so-called Epidemic Commission recommended that the categorisation of coronavirus as a socially critical disease be dropped as of the weekend.
The government now announces that it will follow this recommendation, with one change.
This is done in a letter to the Parliament’s Epidemiology Committee from Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S).
– I want to follow the recommendation of the Epidemic Commission, but in such a way that the categorisation of covid-19 as a socially critical disease is abolished as of 1 February 2022.
**Enhedslisten (far-left party in DK) supports the government’s line**
Formally, the decision to de-list coronavirus must go through a meeting of the Epidemiology Committee late this afternoon. But there is already a majority in favour of following the government’s line, just as an extension of the restrictions would require the government to propose just that. And, as we know, the government is not doing that.
Or to put it another way: If the government does not defeat a proposal for restrictions, the other parties have nothing to return. Because the committee is set up to veto.
But that’s technical. In practice, it probably won’t matter.
Even Enhedslisten – who have been advocates of restrictions during the epidemic – would like to see the categorisation as critical of society scrapped.
– We will support it, and it is crucial, when we have such far-reaching interventions, that it is only used when absolutely necessary, says Peder Hvelplund, spokesperson for the Greens.
The Radicals also support the government’s line, just as all the bourgeois parties have been campaigning for the same position for some time.
Therefore, the proposal that the government – technically – has brought to the epidemic committee meeting is a proposal on whether the categorisation as critical to society should be removed already from Tuesday – or whether it should be maintained until Saturday, confirms Peder Hvelplund.
**Government will continue to test travellers**
Several experts say it makes sense to remove the restrictions now.
– Although we have high infection rates, not many are in intensive care or on life support. And among the elderly in nursing homes, not many are critically ill. So from a health perspective, I don’t see any major problems,” says Allan Randrup Thomsen, professor of viral infections at the University of Copenhagen.
However, the government wants to keep one restriction. The requirement to be tested and/or isolated when entering Denmark.
– I want to see a requirement for testing and isolation after entry from 1 February 2022 and four weeks ahead, Magnus Heunicke writes to the committee.
But the Conservatives’ health spokesman, Per Larsen, would prefer to see that requirement dropped too. He said this yesterday to DR.
– We have a very high immunity in the Danish population, and we have low admission rates in intensive care units. That is why other restrictions are being cancelled. That is why I think we should get rid of the entry restrictions, he said.
The government must not have a majority against it at this afternoon’s meeting if entry restrictions are to continue.
**New infection records**
The decision to remove virtually all restrictions comes at a time when infection rates are setting new records every day. Yesterday, there were 46,590 new cases of infection, while the number of people hospitalised rose to 918.
However, a new risk assessment from the National Serum Institute says the omicron variant of the coronavirus is less dangerous than previous variants. Several studies have also shown this.
“Despite historically high infection rates, a declining hospitalisation rate is observed, as well as an increasing proportion of infected persons estimated to be hospitalised for reasons other than covid-19,” the SSI says.
Nice! Sweden will on the 9th of February I believe.
I somehow don’t get it: the testing/isolation requirement for people entering Denmark, is this supposed to be applicable for non-vaccinated persons only or for all?
I also understand that Denmark currently has reduced the self-isolation requirement for people tested positive to just 4 days provided the infection is associated with mild symptoms only. Will this still be in place or will all quarantine/isolation requirements terminated (edited for clarification) in these cases?
If yes, why should there still be a requirement to test/quarantine/isolate travelers from abroad?
Thank fuck.
This is stupid as shit. We have triple the deaths and very high infection rates. For the most part, Kids are not being vaccinated nor are people getting boosted.
You reap what you sow I guess.
rip Denmark
Didn’t they do that last year only to shut down again two months later? Lol what a joke
Nice. Hope other follow soon.
Seeing Denmark doing this reinforces my belief that we’re making the right decision in England where masks became not mandatory about 6 minutes ago. It is the sensible thing to do.
Nice
Is it actually all restrictions?
So back to pre-covid times, no travel restrictions, no requirement to isolate etc.
Let’s hope it works, and hospitalisation rates remain manageable; it’ll be ver exciting if it does so.
Of course, it might not automatically mean we’re gonna get close to ending this as well, the amount of strain that can be handled by a country’s healthcare system varies from country to country after all; but it’s still a glimmer of hope.
Cries in german.