Denmark SUSPENDS its Covid vaccination programme with health chiefs saying virus has been brought under control
- Health bosses rule vaccinations no longer needed as nation is in a ‘good position’
- More than four in ten Danes are double-jabbed- and 62 per cent are boosted too
- Invitations for jabs will stop in May and resume after summer, government says
- Denmark lifted all Covid rules in February and claimed jabs were ‘super weapon’
Denmark will stop vaccinating people against Covid as it says the country is in a ‘good position’ against the virus.
The pandemic is now under control, the Danish Health Authority added.
The country lifted all Covid curbs in February after claiming Omicron was not ‘threatening to society’ and that vaccines had proved a ‘super weapon’.
A woman receives her vaccination at a pop-up centre in Ishøj, Denmark last year (file image)
Infectious diseases director Bolette Soborg told AFP: ‘We are winding down the mass vaccination program against Covid-19.’
Ms Soborg added invitations for jabs will cease on May 15 and resume after the summer.
‘This will be preceded by a thorough professional assessment of who and when to vaccinate and with which vaccines’, she added.
Roughly 81 per cent of Denmark’s 5.8million population have received two Covid vaccine jabs and a further 61.6 per cent are boosted.
Infectious diseases boss Bolette Soborg said Denmark is in a ‘good position’ against Covid
The news follows US health chief Anthony Fauci’s claim that America is now ‘out of the pandemic phase’.
The UK’s Health Security Agency is also cutting its staff by almost half, with the government’s 2021 Covid budget of £15billion slashed by nearly 90 per cent.
Denmark courted controversy last week when it ditched the AstraZeneca vaccine altogether – and urged other countries to do the same.
Sweden and the Netherlands blocked the Oxford-made jab amid fears of ultra-rare but serious blood clots among some recipients.
Health authorities in Denmark sped up vaccinations in November as cases of the Omicron variant spiked.
They also offered a fourth booster jab from mid-January, cutting all Covid restrictions weeks later.
At the time of its suspension, the Astra Zeneca vaccine had been given to more than 150,000 Danes.
Over-65s who were given it for their first dose were told to get a different vaccine for their second.
The AstraZeneca vaccine is significantly cheaper than other vaccines and does not need to be stored at a sub-zero temperature.
EU health bosses have not advised against its use and said it was up to member states to make their own decision.
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