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Refrigeration engineers first to be jabbed under Danish voluntary scheme
Twenty employees of the Danish engineering firm Lowenco, and their boss Mikael Hoier, on Sunday became the first people to be given the Johnson & Johnson vaccine under Denmark's new optional vaccination scheme. The group wanted to get vaccinated so that they can travel to India to install 20 freezers at a vaccine factory.
"It went pretty well, pretty calm and then a little prick," Hoier, director of Lowenco, told state broadcaster DR.
After undergoing a medical consultation on Saturday, the group were given the green light to get vaccinated on Sunday.
"They all had many questions about potential side effects and the pros and cons of receiving the vaccine," said Jonas Nilsen, a doctor and co-founder of Practio, which has been given the task of vaccinating Danes under the new optional scheme.
Practio doctors advised the company to delay their departure to India to the end of this week, so the vaccine has more time to take effect, and they do not suffer complications during their trip.
"There is a chance that someone will be affected by side effects such as headaches, fever and soreness shortly after being injected," he said.
Sunday's vaccinations were carried out at Sønderbro Apotek in Copenhagen, and from Monday, vaccinations will be given at Practio's own vaccine site in Copenhagen, where up to 5,000 people can be vaccinated a day.
Danish government moves to make it easier to buy houses in countryside
Denmark's government has announced a new scheme under which it will guarantee a quarter of the mortgages of those who decide to buy houses in the countryside, meaning about a fifth of the value of the property.
The scheme will apply to house purchases in rural areas where banks do not normally offer mortgages due to uncertainty over the value of properties, with the government envisioning it working in places where the average price is less than 8,000 Danish kroner per square metre.
Business minister Simon Kollerup admitted to Ritzau that it was unclear how many people in rural areas did actually struggle to obtain a mortgage.
"The problem is that many rejections take place orally, and therefore the numbers are not calculated anywhere," he said. "This does not change the fact that we believe that there is a real problem out there, which we have found out abut through dialogue with the citizens who live in these areas of the country."
Last week of spring set to be rainy and overcast
With the exception of Monday, this week is likely to be rainy and overcast, Denmark's state weather forecaster has said, with scattered showers and sporadic thunder on Tuesday and rain continuing all the way up to Friday.
"If you paint with a broad brush, we can expect many days where there are periods with a bit of sun and a lot of rain," Marianne Patzer, meteorologist on duty, told Ritzau on Monday morning.
Danish parties push for gender-equal parental leave
The three parties supporting Denmark's ruling Social Democrats have teamed up to propose that men and women should each be given an equal allocation of use-it-or-lose-it parental leave when Denmark's parental leave system is reformed later this year.
Currently in Denmark, the mother has the right to 14 weeks of maternity leave, and her partner the right to two weeks. The couple then receive a further 32 weeks of pooled leave, which they can share as they see fit.
As a starting point, the parties are calling for the men to also receive 14 weeks.
"If we want equality - and we pride ourselves on that in a country like Denmark - then we also have to have equality in the field of maternity, because that is the key to getting equality on wages and when we reach retirement age," said Samira Nawa, gender equality spokesperson for the Social Liberal party.
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Refrigeration engineers first to be jabbed under Danish voluntary scheme
Twenty employees of the Danish engineering firm Lowenco, and their boss Mikael Hoier, on Sunday became the first people to be given the Johnson & Johnson vaccine under Denmark's new optional vaccination scheme. The group wanted to get vaccinated so that they can travel to India to install 20 freezers at a vaccine factory.
"It went pretty well, pretty calm and then a little prick," Hoier, director of Lowenco, told state broadcaster DR.
After undergoing a medical consultation on Saturday, the group were given the green light to get vaccinated on Sunday.
"They all had many questions about potential side effects and the pros and cons of receiving the vaccine," said Jonas Nilsen, a doctor and co-founder of Practio, which has been given the task of vaccinating Danes under the new optional scheme.
Practio doctors advised the company to delay their departure to India to the end of this week, so the vaccine has more time to take effect, and they do not suffer complications during their trip.
"There is a chance that someone will be affected by side effects such as headaches, fever and soreness shortly after being injected," he said.
Sunday's vaccinations were carried out at Sønderbro Apotek in Copenhagen, and from Monday, vaccinations will be given at Practio's own vaccine site in Copenhagen, where up to 5,000 people can be vaccinated a day.
Danish government moves to make it easier to buy houses in countryside
Denmark's government has announced a new scheme under which it will guarantee a quarter of the mortgages of those who decide to buy houses in the countryside, meaning about a fifth of the value of the property.
The scheme will apply to house purchases in rural areas where banks do not normally offer mortgages due to uncertainty over the value of properties, with the government envisioning it working in places where the average price is less than 8,000 Danish kroner per square metre.
Business minister Simon Kollerup admitted to Ritzau that it was unclear how many people in rural areas did actually struggle to obtain a mortgage.
"The problem is that many rejections take place orally, and therefore the numbers are not calculated anywhere," he said. "This does not change the fact that we believe that there is a real problem out there, which we have found out abut through dialogue with the citizens who live in these areas of the country."
Last week of spring set to be rainy and overcast
With the exception of Monday, this week is likely to be rainy and overcast, Denmark's state weather forecaster has said, with scattered showers and sporadic thunder on Tuesday and rain continuing all the way up to Friday.
"If you paint with a broad brush, we can expect many days where there are periods with a bit of sun and a lot of rain," Marianne Patzer, meteorologist on duty, told Ritzau on Monday morning.
Danish parties push for gender-equal parental leave
The three parties supporting Denmark's ruling Social Democrats have teamed up to propose that men and women should each be given an equal allocation of use-it-or-lose-it parental leave when Denmark's parental leave system is reformed later this year.
Currently in Denmark, the mother has the right to 14 weeks of maternity leave, and her partner the right to two weeks. The couple then receive a further 32 weeks of pooled leave, which they can share as they see fit.
As a starting point, the parties are calling for the men to also receive 14 weeks.
"If we want equality - and we pride ourselves on that in a country like Denmark - then we also have to have equality in the field of maternity, because that is the key to getting equality on wages and when we reach retirement age," said Samira Nawa, gender equality spokesperson for the Social Liberal party.
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