DENMARK BECOMES THE FIRST COUNTRY TO HALT ITS COVID VACCINATION PROGRAM

Sat 30 April 2022:

The unthinkable just a few months ago has already occurred: a country has stopped its program of vaccination against COVID-19 due to the low infection rate throughout the last few weeks.

Denmark, with this decision, becomes the first country in the world to pause its vaccination plan.

“Spring has arrived, vaccine coverage in the Danish population is high, and the epidemic has reversed,” a statement released by the Danish Health Authority said on Wednesday.

“Therefore, the National Board of Health is now ending the broad vaccination efforts against Covid-19 for this season,” it added. Saying that people will not be invited for vaccines from May 15, it underlined that everyone will be able to finish their course of vaccination.

“We are in a good place,” Bolette Soborg, unit manager at the National Board of Health, commented.

“We have good control of the epidemic, which seems to be subsiding. Admission rates [to hospitals] are stable and we also expect them to fall soon. Therefore, we are rounding up the mass vaccination program against Covid-19.”

According to the official data, %89 of the population above de age of 12 has already completed the vaccination program, and the %76 of the adults have received the booster shot.

Denmark’s move to suspend its vaccination program comes as the Covid situation around the world remains mixed. Europe and the U.S. have abandoned most Covid restrictions, but China is still imposing (or considering) lockdowns as the virus spreads in major cities like Shanghai and Beijing.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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