Omicron subvariant is dominating Denmark’s coronavirus cases
Magnus Heunicke, the Danish Minister of Health has verified that the BA.5 Omicron subvariant is now the leading cause of infection in Denmark’s recent spike. The minister revealed this in a Tuesday post on his official Twitter handle. In the previous week, the variant accounted for 32% of new infections....
Read moreDenmark anticipates an increase in the number of doctors in the health system
A Monday report that emerged from the Danish health authority advocates a rise in the nation’s medical staff numbers. The government-run healthcare service has been grieving from a shortage of nurses and there are also limited General Practitioners in the GP clinics. The outcome is that patients don’t get to...
Read moreDenmark’s Bavarian Nordic set to compete with Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster
The impending Phase III test for ABNCoV2 designed by Bavarian Nordic, a biotech firm based in Denmark, was revised to contest with the mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech. The firm is entering the competition rife COVID-19 market, where it will compete with some of the notable industry leaders. The Phase III...
Read moreDenmark’s healthcare system spent 4 times more in 2021 than the previous year to fight Covid-19
The price of the coronavirus pandemic to Denmark’s health services has been revealed in fresh official data from Statistics Denmark. Statistics Denmark revealed that Denmark’s healthcare system spent 20.1 billion kroner in 2021. The figure was arrived at by tallying all the Covid-19-linked health services for that year. The predicted...
Read moreHMGCR Genome variation fingered in a heightened risk of cataract
According to the Journal of the American Heart Association research online publication on June 15, inhibiting the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) gene directly, as opposed to via a transgenic animal model and comparing it to placebo treatment, heightened the risk of cataract. A team of researchers led by Copenhagen...
Read moreCOVID warns Denmark. Poland’s president is straight forward
Denmark’s health minister has good and awful pandemic news. Magnus Heunicke reports COVID contact number remains at 0.8. Heunicke says coronavirus incidence and wastewater monitoring indicate a “low starting point” pandemic. He blames new COVID mutations, particularly Omicron sub-strain BA.5. New variation accounted for 17% of sequencing positive test outcomes....
Read moreDenmark will get 22 million COVID-19 vaccinations by 2022
Experts and opponents were shocked by the high statistic, given the number of jabs administered thus far this year. There is a fine line between readiness and greed. Denmark spent over 2.4 billion kroner on corona virus vaccinations last year, an amount that is expected to be exceeded in 2022. State Serum...
Read moreThe risk of diabetes is higher among cancer patients
There is a higher risk of having diabetes among certain types of cancer patients is the findings of a new study. The finding of the research was publicized through ‘Diabetes Care’ journal. In Denmark with a population of about 6 million people, most deaths are linked to cancer. Over 45,000...
Read moreDanish health minister suggests further Covid-19 vaccinations to prevent restrictions
Danish Health Minister, Magnus Heunicke, said the government is ready to take action to avoid new lockdowns should there be a resurgence in Covid-19 cases later this year. According to Heunicke, authorities are currently coming up with numerous strategies for dealing with a Covid resurgence later this year. “Nobody can say...
Read moreDenmark receives 200 monkeypox vaccines
Denmark is expected to receive 200 monkeypox vaccines from the Netherlands as a result of the government’s decision to vaccinate close contacts of all confirmed infections. Denmark also intends to purchase 1000 more vaccines. “On Friday, we will accept two hundred monkeypox vaccines from the Dutch government,” comments Health Minister...
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