The general population is the last group to be vaccinated and is expected to be completed by week 25.
All Danes who accept the offer of the vaccine against coronavirus can be vaccinated with another vaccine no later than 27 June.
It appears from a vaccination calendar on the Danish Health and Medicines Authority’s website.
The announcement comes on the same day as Denmark has secured 3.9 million doses of coronavine vaccine, after the EU entered into a new agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech.
EU indgår aftale med Pfizer og BioNTech om køb af ekstra 300 millioner vacciner. Danmark har sikret sig 3,9 mio. af doserne, som vi forventer at modtage en væsentlig del af i andet kvartal. Betyder at vi kan vaccinere flere allerede i løbet af foråret ? #COVID19dk #sundpol
— Magnus Heunicke (@Heunicke) January 8, 2021
On Friday, figures from the Statens Serum Institut showed that at least 102,092 people have received the first of two doses of corona vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech. That equates to 1.75 percent of the population.
The Danish vaccination program began on 27 December, and the inventory will run until Friday morning at 04.30. However, the figure is associated with uncertainty, as there may be delays in the figures, according to the Statens Serum Institut.
Director of the Statens Serum Institut, Henrik Ullum, is pleased that Denmark has passed 100,000 vaccinated.
– Great collaboration between the regions, the municipalities, the general practitioners, the National Board of Health and the Danish Medicines Agency, he writes on Twitter.
The general population is eventually vaccinated
As early as February, the first of 12 population groups may be completely vaccinated with the second bite. These are citizens in nursing homes and the like who may already be immune to coronavirus in early February.
Then the vaccinations begin for those who work with vulnerable citizens in Denmark.
Se listen her:
- Danes in nursing homes and the like are expected to be vaccinated no later than week 5 in February.
- Citizens over the age of 65 who work in practical help and personal care can be fully vaccinated by week 6 in February.
- Elderly people over the age of 85 can be vaccinated by week 9 of March.
- Frontline staff in the health, elderly and parts of the social sector can be vaccinated by no later than week 16 in April.
- Selected persons with particularly increased risk by week 15 in April.
- Some relatives of people at particularly increased risk are expected to be vaccinated by week 6 in February.
- Citizens between the ages of 80-85 are expected to be vaccinated by week 15 in April.
- Citizens between the ages of 75-59 are expected to be vaccinated by week 19 May.
- Citizens between the ages of 65-74 are expected to be vaccinated by week 20 in May.
- Citizens under the age of 65 who are at risk may be vaccinated by week 18 in May.
- Personnel performing socially critical functions are expected to be vaccinated by week 18 in May.
- The rest of the population over the age of 16, which numbers 3 million Danes, is expected to be vaccinated by week 25 in June at the latest.
Vaccines for 18.8 million Danes
According to the Danish Medicines Agency, vaccinations have been purchased, so that in principle up to a total of 18.8 million citizens in Denmark can be vaccinated.