Today in Denmark: A round-up of the latest news on Friday
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New corona passport to be introduced
A new corona passport app will be launched today following a press briefing at 12:15, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday on social media.
The app, which will supersede use of the pre-existing MinSundhed app as a corona passport, is designed to be compatible with foreign travel where corona passports become a requirement for this.
Unlike the MinSundhed app, the new app will tell the user their vaccination, infection and test history but only show others whether or not the corona passport is valid – and not the reason for its validity.
We’ll have an article with full details of the app -- and what you need to know to use it -- once that information comes in today.
Update to travel guidelines could increase destination options
The weekly update to the Foreign Ministry’s travel guidelines is due this afternoon. This means it may become easier to travel to certain location which are likely to be moved from the orange to yellow list, which determines the restrictions which apply to people who return to Denmark after travelling.
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- Can you travel to Denmark if you have been vaccinated against Covid-19?
- What’s the latest on how the EU’s ‘Covid passports’ will work for travellers?
- Denmark gives green light to quarantine-free tourism to Portugal
A number of new regions are expected to ‘go yellow’ today, including Hamburg, Salzburg, Corsica and several parts of Italy, according to broadcaster DR.
We’ll have the full details once they have been released by the ministry.
Woman given compensation for Covid-19 vaccine side effect
A 30-year-old woman from the Greater Copenhagen region has become the first person in Denmark to receive compensation for side effects caused by Covid-19 vaccination, newspaper Politiken reported.
The woman was affected by the rare, but serious blood clots technically known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) after receiving the vaccine from AstraZeneca, the Danish patient compensation board confirmed to the newspaper.
She was hospitalised in January after receiving the vaccine, and the compensation body upheld her claim that the blood clots with which she was diagnosed were related to the vaccine, according to the report.
She could also be entitled to further compensation should she suffer longer-term issues related to the side effects.
Weekend weather: Sun and warm temperatures on the way at last
This week has been something of a washout weather-wise but that will change in time for the weekend, according to meteorologist DMI’s forecast.
Warm and drier air is expected to blow across Denmark in the coming days. That will mean temperatures of up to 23 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday will still be a mixed bag, however, with a few showers expected.
Dagen starter skyet i Jylland, men i løbet af formiddagen kommer der, ligesom i resten af landet, nogen sol de fleste steder. Husk solcremen for UV-indekset er på vej i vejret.
Vi slipper ikke helt af med bygerne i dag.
Se mere på https://t.co/kr6LXDT6WA pic.twitter.com/BgdMEMEVUs
— DMI (@dmidk) May 28, 2021
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New corona passport to be introduced
A new corona passport app will be launched today following a press briefing at 12:15, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday on social media.
The app, which will supersede use of the pre-existing MinSundhed app as a corona passport, is designed to be compatible with foreign travel where corona passports become a requirement for this.
Unlike the MinSundhed app, the new app will tell the user their vaccination, infection and test history but only show others whether or not the corona passport is valid – and not the reason for its validity.
We’ll have an article with full details of the app -- and what you need to know to use it -- once that information comes in today.
Update to travel guidelines could increase destination options
The weekly update to the Foreign Ministry’s travel guidelines is due this afternoon. This means it may become easier to travel to certain location which are likely to be moved from the orange to yellow list, which determines the restrictions which apply to people who return to Denmark after travelling.
READ ALSO:
- Can you travel to Denmark if you have been vaccinated against Covid-19?
- What’s the latest on how the EU’s ‘Covid passports’ will work for travellers?
- Denmark gives green light to quarantine-free tourism to Portugal
A number of new regions are expected to ‘go yellow’ today, including Hamburg, Salzburg, Corsica and several parts of Italy, according to broadcaster DR.
We’ll have the full details once they have been released by the ministry.
Woman given compensation for Covid-19 vaccine side effect
A 30-year-old woman from the Greater Copenhagen region has become the first person in Denmark to receive compensation for side effects caused by Covid-19 vaccination, newspaper Politiken reported.
The woman was affected by the rare, but serious blood clots technically known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) after receiving the vaccine from AstraZeneca, the Danish patient compensation board confirmed to the newspaper.
She was hospitalised in January after receiving the vaccine, and the compensation body upheld her claim that the blood clots with which she was diagnosed were related to the vaccine, according to the report.
She could also be entitled to further compensation should she suffer longer-term issues related to the side effects.
Weekend weather: Sun and warm temperatures on the way at last
This week has been something of a washout weather-wise but that will change in time for the weekend, according to meteorologist DMI’s forecast.
Warm and drier air is expected to blow across Denmark in the coming days. That will mean temperatures of up to 23 degrees Celsius on Saturday and Sunday.
Friday will still be a mixed bag, however, with a few showers expected.
Dagen starter skyet i Jylland, men i løbet af formiddagen kommer der, ligesom i resten af landet, nogen sol de fleste steder. Husk solcremen for UV-indekset er på vej i vejret.
— DMI (@dmidk) May 28, 2021
Vi slipper ikke helt af med bygerne i dag.
Se mere på https://t.co/kr6LXDT6WA pic.twitter.com/BgdMEMEVUs
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