Denmark Extends Advice Against Non-Essential Travel Abroad Until April 5
Even though Denmark’s government this week unfolded its plans to ease COVID-19 curbs in March, the country has extended the advice against non-essential travel until April 5 in order to guarantee a safe reopening and avoid the risk of further spread of the Coronavirus.
According to the announcement published by Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the stricter rules which have been put in place on January 8 will be extended until February 28 to halt the disease’s spread, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
“The risk from the rapid spread of new mutations of virus can put everything we have fought for out of control. The infection situation around Europe and the rest of the world is still very serious. Therefore, the time has not come to ease the strict restrictions on entry and exit of Denmark,” the country’s Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod pointed out.
He emphasized that an Easter holiday abroad “unfortunately is not an option” under the current pandemic circumstances in many European countries, as well as in countries worldwide.
However, Minister Kofod added that the increased use of testing and roll-out of vaccines in Denmark and other countries would facilitate the reopening of travel.
Simultaneously, the Ministry stressed that all Danish citizens who live permanently abroad are encouraged to stay in their current location and follow local authorities’ instructions.
Authorities in Denmark previously unfolded their plans regarding the creation of a vaccination certificate that would ease many processes for all vaccinated travelers, including traveling.
The country proceeded to make its plans true this month by announcing that all persons who get both vaccine doses against the Coronavirus pandemic would receive “vaccine certificates”. The government highlighted that the document would be able to be obtained at Sundhed.DK by the end of this month.
The country also plans to initiate a digital COVID-19 passport which would permit internationals easier entry into the country. The plan will be revived within three or four months.
The idea of such a certificate has also been backed and planned to be implemented by many European countries up to this point. Czechia, Greece, Denmark, Estonia, Portugal, Hungary, Cyprus, Italy, Poland, Spain, Iceland, and Sweden, and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) supported the launching of vaccination certificates up to this point.
As yet, Denmark has registered 209,079 cases of COVID-19 infection, and 2,345 persons have died, according to Worldometers’s statistics. Based on the same source, over 200,715 persons have been recovered, while there are 6,019 active cases.
