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Leaked from the negotiating table to TV2: Travelling restrictions to be relaxed soon

Ben Hamilton
April 13th, 2021


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Foreign holidays will reportedly be possible from May 6 providing you have been vaccinated

Fewer travel restrictions on the way, apparently (photo: Pixabay)

The right to freely leave and re-enter the country, without the hassle of isolating upon your return, might return quicker than many of us had expected, according to an exclusive TV2 report this morning.

The news service has come into possession of detailed plans to phase back travelling over the next six weeks.

The “leaked draft agreement”, which is also described as a “preliminary draft”, has been sourced from negotiating tables in Parliament, and the government is expected to continue discussing the plans this afternoon.

Starting from April 21
From April 21, according to the plans, it will be possible for Danes to visit their properties (providing they are in remote locations) in the Nordic countries, without the need to isolate when they get there or when they return. The same will also apply to business travellers.

From the same date,  isolation requirements for entrants from ‘yellow countries’ will be relaxed and the list of valid purposes required to travel into Denmark will be expanded.

And then in early and mid-May …
From May 6, completely vaccinated Danes and foreigners from yellow and orange EU countries will be able to travel in and out of Denmark. 

And then from mid-May, providing everyone in Denmark over the age of 50 have been vaccinated by that point, valid reasons will no longer be needed for incoming travellers from orange countries, along with countries outside the EU that meet specified criteria.

However, testing and isolation requirements will remain in place unless entrants are vaccinated. 


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A survey carried out by Megafon for TV2 has found that 71 percent of parents have handed over children to daycare in spite of them being sick.

Moreover, 21 percent of those surveyed admitted to medicating their kids with paracetamol, such as Panodil, before sending them to school.

The FOLA parents’ organisation is shocked by the findings.

“I think it is absolutely crazy. It simply cannot be that a child goes to school sick and plays with lots of other children. Then we are faced with the fact that they will infect the whole institution,” said FOLA chair Signe Nielsen.

Pill pushers
At the Børnehuset daycare institution in Silkeborg a meeting was called where parents were implored not to bring their sick children to school.

At Børnehuset there are fears that parents prefer to pack their kids off with a pill without informing teachers.

“We occasionally have children who that they have had a pill for breakfast,” said headteacher Susanne Bødker. “You might think that it is a Panodil more than a vitamin pill, if it is a child who has just been sick, for example.”

Parents sick and tired
Parents, when confronted, often cite pressure at work as a reason for not being able to stay at home with their children.

Many declare that they simply cannot take another day off, as they are afraid of being fired.

Allan Randrup Thomsen, a professor of virology at KU, has heavily criticised the parents’ actions, describing the current situation as a “vicious circle”.

“It promotes the spread of viruses, and it adds momentum to a cycle where parents are pressured by high levels of sick-leave. If they then choose to send the children to daycare while they are still recovering, they keep the epidemic going in daycares, and this in turn puts a greater burden on the parents.”