Omikron now dominates
In addition, the government has also decided to speed up the strategy for 18-39 year olds to get their booster jabs.
The age group now only has to wait 4.5 months before they get their third jab, which means they will begin the vaccination process before New Year’s Eve.
The health authorities believe that January will be a tough month in terms of new cases and hospitalizations, and the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) expects the pandemic to culminate in two to three weeks.
The new Omikron mutation has now become the dominant strain in Denmark, and SSI researchers have found that those who recently received their third booster were 55.2 percent (Pfizer-BioNTech) and 36.7 percent (Moderna) are better protected against the mutation than the unvaccinated.