Denmark: Man imprisoned for coughing, shouting ‘corona’ at police
The incident took place when the country was under full coronavirus lockdown. Denmark’s Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced a man to four months’ imprisonment for coughing at two police officers while shouting “corona” during a routine traffic stop in March last year. The incident, which took place when the country was under full coronavirus lockdown, […]
Denmark moves forward on North Sea ‘energy island’
The largest construction project in the history of Denmark will be majority-owned by the Danish government. Denmark says it has approved plans to build an artificial island in the North Sea that could generate wind power for at least three million households. Parliament in June adopted a political environmental framework aimed at reducing the country’s […]
Denmark to create world’s first energy island in the North Sea
Wind power hub will store enough green energy to cover electricity needs of three million European households. Denmark has approved a plan to build the world’s first energy island in the North Sea that will produce and store enough green energy to cover the electricity needs of three million European households. The artificial island, which […]
Denmark: ‘Digital corona passport’ will be ready in months
The document, which will prove a vaccination, is hoped to boost business travel and help restart social lives. Denmark’s government has said it is joining forces with businesses to develop a digital passport that would show whether people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, allowing them to travel and help ease restrictions on public life. […]
Coronavirus: Denmark to exhume millions of mink from mass graves
Move comes amid health risk fears after mink carcasses rose from the ground, pushed up by gasses from decomposition. Denmark will exhume millions of mink from mass graves after some carcasses resurfaced following a cull last month, raising concerns over health risks. Officials ordered Denmark’s entire herd of approximately 15 million mink – which are […]
COVID-19: Culled mink resurface after burial in Denmark
Dead mink emerge from shallow graves due to gases after thousands buried to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Some of the thousands of mink culled to minimise the risk of them retransmitting the new coronavirus to humans have risen from their shallow graves in western Denmark after gases built up inside the bodies, Danish […]
Danish minister’s comment on sex before marriage angers Muslims
A Danish minister has caused outrage among the Muslim minority for suggesting imams and community leaders should publicly support the “right” to have sex before marriage for women. Mattias Tesfaye, foreign affairs and integration minister, said in a Facebook post last month, after meeting with some Muslim leaders: “I asked them very directly if they […]
Must-know numbers this week: Vaccines, mink, taxes and kiwi fraud #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Amid the collective hangover from the United States presidential election and the continuing coronavirus pandemic, it can be easy to get lost in this week’s non-stop news cycle. That’s why we’re rounding up the must-know numbers each week to keep you informed and up-to-date on major business and economic stories as well as the ones […]
World’s biggest fur auction house to close after mink COVID cull #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Denmark was the world’s top mink producer until discovery of mutated coronavirus led to mass cull. Kopenhagen Fur, the world’s largest auction house for furs, is closing down after Denmark’s government ordered a mass cull of the country’s mink in an effort to fight a coronavirus mutation. The development marks the end of an era […]
Vaccine works against COVID mink mutation in early testing #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
A potential vaccine candidate in Denmark has shown early signs of success, a scientist working on drug said. A potential vaccine candidate being developed in Denmark has in early animal trials proven effective against a mutated novel coronavirus strain from mink discovered in the country, a scientist working on the vaccine said on Thursday. Authorities […]
Fur industry faces scrutiny over fears mink could spread COVID-19 #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
While people around the world cheer late-stage trial results from a potential game-changing COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, a troubling development has surfaced on the pandemic front – a mutated strain of coronavirus found on mink farms in Denmark. Mink are raised and killed for their fur around the world, including in the United […]
COVID kills 15,000 US mink as Denmark recommends nationwide cull #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
More than 15,000 minks in the United States have died of the coronavirus since August, and authorities are keeping about a dozen farms under quarantine while they investigate the cases, state agriculture officials said. Global health officials are eyeing the animals as a potential risk for people after Denmark last week embarked on a plan […]
Denmark finds 214 people with mink-related coronavirus #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Denmark’s prime minister wants to cull all minks in farms to minimise the risk of re-transmitting COVID-19 to humans. Denmark’s State Serum Institute, which deals with infectious diseases, has found mink-related strands of the novel coronavirus in 214 people since June, according to a report on its website updated on November 5. Meanwhile, one strain […]
Denmark Will Kill All Farmed Mink, Citing Coronavirus Infections #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The Danish government will slaughter millions of mink at more than 1,000 farms, citing concerns that a mutation in the novel coronavirus that has infected the mink could possibly interfere with the effectiveness of a vaccine for humans. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday. There are 15 million […]
Denmark to cull 15 million minks to curb coronavirus transmission #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Danish officials found a virus mutation in 12 people in the north of the country who were infected by minks. Denmark’s prime minister said Wednesday that the government wants to cull all minks in farms to minimise the risk of the weasel-like mammals’ re-transmitting COVID-19 to humans. Mette Frederiksen said a report from a government […]
Arctic sea ice at record low October levels: Danish researchers #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
For the month of October, measurements show an 8.2 percent downward trend in ice over the last 10 years. Sea ice in the Arctic was at record lows for October as unusually warm waters slowed the recovery of the ice, Danish researchers said on Wednesday. Diminishing sea ice comes as a reminder about how the […]