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May 11
5 min

Summary, 10.05.2020 - New guidelines from the SST - we only have to keep 1 meter of distance now

TODAY'S BULLETS The Danes now only have to keep a 1-meter distance from each other, according to the new guidelines given by the Danish H...

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May 10
5 min

Summary, 09.05.2020 - The government makes it illegal to reopen, if not officially part of phase 2

TODAY'S BULLETS The government is implementing an actual ban on opening up for activities that haven’t been included in phase 2 of the re...

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May 9
4 min

Summary, 08.05.2020 - The content of phase 3 and 4 of the reopening have now been announced

I apologize for not having published the summary earlier today. I went to the hospital at 1 in the night, and have been diagnosed with ki...

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May 8
6 min

Summary, 07.05.2020 - Large parts of Denmark will reopen now, Monday and next Monday

TODAY'S BULLETS All the party leaders agreed today to what should be included in the second phase of the reopening of Denmark. Included a...

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May 7
4 min

Summary, 06.05.2020 - A new report from SST estimates that we can reopen large parts of Denmark now

TODAY'S BULLETS A new report from the State Serum Institute (SST) estimates that a wider reopening of Denmark is possible if we continue ...

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May 6
6 min

Summary, 05.05.2020 - Denmark may suffer from a public deficit in 2020 of 197 billion kroner

TODAY'S BULLETS The Minister of Finance, Nicolai Wammen, is expecting a public deficit of up to 197 billion kroner for 2020 due to corona...

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May 5
5 min

Summary, 04.05.2020 - People in the risk groups can now hug their closest relatives, but no-one else

TODAY'S BULLETS People with increased risk can now hug their closest relatives, but should still avoid handshakes, cheek-kisses and hugs ...

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May 4
5 min

Summary, 03.05.2020 - No news about the 2nd phase of the reopening until just before the 10th of May

TODAY'S BULLETS The Prime Minister attended "21 Søndag", where three points were iterated: 1) The decision of what is included in the sec...

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May 3
6 min

Summary, 02.05.2020 - A vaccine may be ready in mid-June according to researchers from Oxford

TODAY'S BULLETS Scientists from Oxford University are reporting that they hope to have a vaccine ready in six weeks, in the middle of Jun...

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May 2
7 min

Summary, 01.05.2020 - Infection-rate has increased to 0.9, but the PM still finds reopening likely

Despite increases in the infection rate, the Prime Minister still seems to find it likely that further reopening will happen after the 10...

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Apr 30
6 min

Summary, 29.04.2020 - Soon even people that are not showing symptoms can be tested

PERSONAL NOTICE - PLEASE READ THIS! As many of you may know, I have gotten a job in the Danish Business Authority as an administrative em...

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Apr 29
6 min

Summary, 28.04.2020 - The government is looking at possible interventions against IKEA

Despite that it is not illegal for IKEA to open, the Minister of Business said today that since the company didn't follow the recommendat...

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Apr 28
6 min

Summary, 27.04.2020 - The list of assembly-hotspots is now on 124 instead of 38 - or, no, wait...?

Today was yet another calm day, but with a lot of smaller announcements and news. Perhaps most amusing of all was that the police made a ...

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Apr 27
4 min

Summary, 26.04.2020 - Europe seems to have experienced the peak of the first wave of coronavirus

Today was a rather calm day, but also the first day of the prohibition on stopping at Islands Brygge. This caused quite a few fines. More...

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Apr 26
5 min

Summary, 25.04.2020 - Stopping up at Islands Brygge is now illegal through the 1st of May

Today the police finally had enough. After seeing scenes of Copenhageners flocking together at particularly Islands Brygge, the area arou...

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Apr 25
8 min

Summary, 24.04.2020 - Kåre Mølbak: Stop gathering in public, or we lose the last month's efforts!

Today the Director of the State Serum Institute scolded the Danes that have been meeting the last days in various popular spots in Copenh...

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Apr 24
8 min

Summary, 23.04.2020 - Mattias Tesfaye: The Ramadan must not turn into an explosion of infected

The Ramadan is starting tonight, and the Minister of Immigration and Integration, Mattias Tesfaye, as well as hospital-employees and prof...

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Apr 23
5 min

Summary, 22.04.2020 - Foreign spouses and permanent cohabitants of Danes can now reenter the country

The government decided today to loosen the rules of entry giving many foreigners the possibility to visit their Danish spouses or better ...

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Apr 22
12 min

Summary, 21.04.2020 - We won't be able to gather more than 500 people during the summer

Today there was a question session in the Parliament, where the party leaders asked questions to the Prime Minister. The session touched ...

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Apr 21
9 min

Summary, 20.04.2020 - Everybody showing symptoms of coronavirus must now be tested

Today there was a press conference with the faces of the health authorities. The Danish strategy against the virus has once again been ch...

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