10 Oct 2021

How Denmark is the Covid-19 'new normal' pioneer

From Sunday Morning, 8:22 am on 10 October 2021

Denmark - home to about six million people - has lifted all its Covid-19 restrictions, with the Scandinavian country arguing that sooner or later all nations will have to learn to live with the coronavirus. Indeed, since September 10, the virus is no longer officially considered "a critical threat to society" in Denmark, despite the fact that Covid-19 continues to spread at a rate that is similar to that in Spain.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world is watching to see what happens next, because Denmark's case could yield key information about what lies ahead. Lone Simonsen is an epidemiologist and professor of population health sciences at Roskilde University. She joins the show to explain how the situation is likely to play out in Denmark over the coming months.