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丹麦疫苗接种率超7成,宣布取消所有疫情限制

丹麦疫苗接种率超7成,宣布取消所有疫情限制

David Meyer 2021-08-31
接种新冠疫苗的情况让丹麦取消了限制,比英国最近采取的类似举措风险更小。

丹麦政府宣布该国的新冠疫情已经“得到了控制”。现在,丹麦已经开始准备取消除边境控制以外的所有抵御新冠疫情的相关措施。

8月27日,丹麦政府宣布了这项举措,并表示政府一直以来的承诺就是一旦不再需要,防疫措施就可以得到取消。“我们终于来到了这一阶段。”丹麦卫生部的部长马格努斯•霍伊尼克在一份声明中称赞丹麦的高疫苗接种水平。丹麦卫生当局亦参与了新政策的决策过程。

其实,丹麦也没有很多正在进行的防疫政策——只是针对进入餐厅、酒吧、电影院和其他一些室内场所的民众,要求他们出示疫苗接种、康复或是未感染证明。丹麦已经在今年6月逐步取消了佩戴口罩的强制规定。

丹麦所有的新冠防疫规则(入境限制除外),都以将新冠病毒分类为“对社会的严重威胁”为法律依据。政府允许这一分类标准在9月10日取消,到那时,进入夜总会和体育比赛需要出示的健康通行证——Coronapas,将不再成为必须。至于其他场所,9月1日之后就将不再需要出示。

目前,超过71%的丹麦人口已经完全接种了新冠疫苗。丹麦近7天内的新冠发病率为每100000人口中113例,显著低于美国的333例、英国的355例,略高于德国的77例。丹麦每天报告的新病例已经不到1000例,每天的死亡病例不到10例。

这使得丹麦取消限制的决定,比英国最近采取的类似举措风险更小。英国每天的死亡人数一般要超过130人(英国的人口大约是丹麦的11倍)。

但是,新变种病毒的出现或将迅速改变政策。荷兰就是在欧洲的典型代表。荷兰曾经在6月取消了大多数限制,后来德尔塔变种毒株爆发,在短短一周内,病例数量增加了500%。原先取消了的限制被迫在两周后重新上演。“我们犯了一个错误。”荷兰首相马克•吕特在7月中旬时称。

丹麦政府表示,他们意识到了这一风险。霍伊尼克在8月27日的声明中说:“尽管现在的情况很好,但我们还没有完全摆脱疫情。”他承诺,如果需要,政府将“毫不犹豫地快速采取行动”。

还应当指出的是,丹麦接种完整疫苗的公民并不包括12岁以下的儿童。在这一年龄段的人群中,感染率正在飙升,但丹麦卫生当局得出的结论是,他们当中很少出现重症或死亡病例。

丹麦国家卫生委员会(National Board of Health)的主任索伦•布罗斯特伦告诉丹麦媒体《The Local》,该国“并没有制定针对病毒感染通过儿童传播的策略,但我们‘接受’感染的发生,因为儿童不会病得太严重”。(财富中文网)

编译:杨二一

丹麦政府宣布该国的新冠疫情已经“得到了控制”。现在,丹麦已经开始准备取消除边境控制以外的所有抵御新冠疫情的相关措施。

8月27日,丹麦政府宣布了这项举措,并表示政府一直以来的承诺就是一旦不再需要,防疫措施就可以得到取消。“我们终于来到了这一阶段。”丹麦卫生部的部长马格努斯•霍伊尼克在一份声明中称赞丹麦的高疫苗接种水平。丹麦卫生当局亦参与了新政策的决策过程。

其实,丹麦也没有很多正在进行的防疫政策——只是针对进入餐厅、酒吧、电影院和其他一些室内场所的民众,要求他们出示疫苗接种、康复或是未感染证明。丹麦已经在今年6月逐步取消了佩戴口罩的强制规定。

丹麦所有的新冠防疫规则(入境限制除外),都以将新冠病毒分类为“对社会的严重威胁”为法律依据。政府允许这一分类标准在9月10日取消,到那时,进入夜总会和体育比赛需要出示的健康通行证——Coronapas,将不再成为必须。至于其他场所,9月1日之后就将不再需要出示。

目前,超过71%的丹麦人口已经完全接种了新冠疫苗。丹麦近7天内的新冠发病率为每100000人口中113例,显著低于美国的333例、英国的355例,略高于德国的77例。丹麦每天报告的新病例已经不到1000例,每天的死亡病例不到10例。

这使得丹麦取消限制的决定,比英国最近采取的类似举措风险更小。英国每天的死亡人数一般要超过130人(英国的人口大约是丹麦的11倍)。

但是,新变种病毒的出现或将迅速改变政策。荷兰就是在欧洲的典型代表。荷兰曾经在6月取消了大多数限制,后来德尔塔变种毒株爆发,在短短一周内,病例数量增加了500%。原先取消了的限制被迫在两周后重新上演。“我们犯了一个错误。”荷兰首相马克•吕特在7月中旬时称。

丹麦政府表示,他们意识到了这一风险。霍伊尼克在8月27日的声明中说:“尽管现在的情况很好,但我们还没有完全摆脱疫情。”他承诺,如果需要,政府将“毫不犹豫地快速采取行动”。

还应当指出的是,丹麦接种完整疫苗的公民并不包括12岁以下的儿童。在这一年龄段的人群中,感染率正在飙升,但丹麦卫生当局得出的结论是,他们当中很少出现重症或死亡病例。

丹麦国家卫生委员会(National Board of Health)的主任索伦•布罗斯特伦告诉丹麦媒体《The Local》,该国“并没有制定针对病毒感染通过儿童传播的策略,但我们‘接受’感染的发生,因为儿童不会病得太严重”。(财富中文网)

编译:杨二一

Denmark is set to remove all its remaining measures against the spread of COVID-19—with the exception of border controls—as the government says the country's epidemic is “under control.”

The government announced the move on August 27, explaining that it had always promised not to maintain the measures any longer than necessary. “We are there now,” said Health Minister Magnus Heunicke in a statement hailing Denmark's high vaccination levels. Health authorities were involved in the decision.

Denmark did not have many measures left in place anyway—just a requirement for visitors to restaurants, bars, cinemas, and some other indoor facilities to prove vaccination, recovery, or lack of infection. It started phasing out mask mandates in June.

All of Denmark's national COVID rules (with the exception of its entry restrictions) were legally underpinned by a classification of the coronavirus as a “critical threat to society.” The government will allow this classification to expire on Sept. 10, when the country's Coronapas health pass will no longer be needed to access nightclubs and sports games; it will no longer be required for other facilities as of September 1.

Over 71% of the Danish population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The country's seven-day incidence rate—representing known infections per 100,000 people over the last week—is currently 113, compared with 333 in the U.S., 355 in the U.K., and 77 in Germany. The country is reporting fewer than 1,000 new cases each day, and losing at most a few people each day to COVID-19.

That makes its decision to drop restrictions less risky than a recent, similar move in the U.K., where there are regularly more than 130 daily deaths. (The U.K.’s population is around 11 times the size of Denmark’s.)

However, the emergence of new variants can rapidly change policy demands. Europe's poster child for this fact is the Netherlands, which threw out most restrictions in June only to see the Delta strain—which caused an over 500% increase in case numbers over a single week—force their reintroduction just two weeks later. “We made a miscalculation,” said Prime Minister Mark Rutte in mid-July.

The Danish government says it is aware of this risk. “Even though we are in a good place right now, we are not out of the epidemic,” said Heunicke in August 27's statement, promising the administration would “not hesitate to act quickly” if needed.

It should also be noted that Denmark's high numbers of vaccinated citizens do not, of course, include children under the age of 12. Infection rates are soaring in that demographic, but Danish health authorities have concluded that this will rarely result in serious illness or death.

Søren Brostrøm, director of the National Board of Health, told The Local that the country does not “have a strategy that the infection should spread through the children, but we accept infection because children don't get so sick.”

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