Denmark ends most Covid-19 restrictions

Authorities only recommend mask use in hospitals, healthcare facilities and nursing homes

Denmark’s Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen. Picture: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP

Denmark has become one of the first European Union countries to scrap most pandemic restrictions as it no longer considers the Covid-19 outbreak “a socially critical disease”.

The reason for that is that while the Omicron variant is surging in Denmark, it is not placing a heavy burden on the health system and the country has a high vaccination rate, officials said.