Breaking: Key points from the Danish Prime Minister's ongoing press conference on coronavirus

Meanwhile, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is holding a press conference on the coronavirus situation in Denmark, and these are the main points:

• The government will propose that parliament follow the recommendation of the epidemiology committee to reclassify COVID-19 as a socially serious disease, according to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

• The current level of infections and hospitalizations is higher than during the same period last year. According to authorities, the situation has progressed more rapidly than anticipated.

• The shortage of nurses in state hospitals is a challenge. I understand the frustration and anxiety, says the Prime Minister, while also stressing that there will be a great need for nurses in the future.

• Infections among those who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine are 15 times higher than the number of infections among those who have received the vaccine.

• Health Minister Magnus Heunicke is currently presenting the government's recommendations on where the Coronapas app will be reintroduced.

• According to Magnus Heunicke, the Epidemics Committee recommends two changes with the reuse of the Coronapas app: immunity should last only 6 months instead of 12 months, and it should be a requirement for children from the age of 15 instead of 16.

• Søren Brostrøm, director of the Danish Directorate of Public Health, says we are approaching the point where 88% of those invited have accepted the offer of vaccination against Covid-19. The initial target was 90%.

• Soren Broström described the situation as “a new kind of epidemic” because of the way COVID-19 is spreading now; what is happening is that the epidemic is spreading among young people and then spreading to their parents and grandparents.

• According to Søren Broström, although vaccines do not prevent coronavirus infection, they are effective. He adds:
•  Many people ask me why infections increase when more people get vaccinated. Vaccines aren't 100% effective at breaking chains of transmission. We've always known that, and besides, not getting vaccinated contributes to the spread of the pandemic. The cold weather also arrived two weeks earlier this year. And we have a delta variant, which is more infectious.

• Henrik Ullum says that current vaccines reduce hospital admissions due to coronavirus for those under 65 by 95%, and for the group over 65, the vaccine can prevent 76% cases of hospital admission due to coronavirus, but with the third dose the percentage rises to 90%.

• On Monday night, nearly 11,000 people were queuing to book an appointment for the coronavirus vaccine, after the government announced that the Coronapas app would be reinstated.

• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen urged those who have not yet received the coronavirus vaccine to get vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, especially with Christmas approaching. She concluded the press conference at 9:01 PM.