Measures to curb the infection with the coronavirus seems to work, says the chief physician to the Politiken.
the Development of coronatilfælde give cause for optimism and suggests that the policy measures are made to limit the infection, works.
It writes Politiken on Saturday.
the Assessment comes from Donald Koch, who is a senior physician at the Infektionsepidemiologi and Prevention under the jurisdiction of the State Serum Institute.
– There is reason for cautious optimism in relation to the actions which, collectively, are made. It seems that the epidemic does not develop as epidemics, incidentally, makes the day – so that there are more detected cases, relatively speaking, ” says Anders Koch for Politiken.
the Increase in the number of people infected with coronavirusset rises evenly, and it means that the virus does not develop uncontrollably, tells the superintendent to Politiken. He is therefore “careful optimist”.
there is Nothing to suggest that Denmark is on the path towards conditions for which you currently see in Italy, says the chief physician.
In the past week over 600 persons with the virus every day lost their lives in Italy. Also Spain are hard hit, where there is now registered a total of 5690 coronadødsfald.
on the afternoon of Saturday wrote to prime minister Mette Frederiksen (S) on Facebook, she now await the experts ‘ analysis of how different policy measures work.
– in just a few days, the experts have enough data to make an initial status on the development here in Denmark.
– Right now, it seems that our joint efforts really make a difference. But we need to be more secure. In other countries, we have seen setbacks at times, where it just seemed to go better, she wrote.
at the same time, stressed the prime minister, that she neither hope or think that that goes several months before Denmark can start to open again.
so far, the country is partially closed until after the easter 13. april.
65 persons infected with the coronavirus has so far died in Denmark, informed the Statens Serum Institut on Saturday. This is an increase of 13 from Friday.
Health authorities are beginning to turn up for the number of tests. Overall 18.810 persons are now tested against 17.493 Friday.
the Goal is, according to the Danish Health and medicines authority to test 5000 people a day. It will correspond to the levels in Norway, which has a population close to the Danish.
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