The Danish government announced that Prime Minister (PM) Mette Frederiksen would issue a press release shortly announcing the removal of all restrictions related to the Corona (known also as COVID-19) pandemic as of January 31, based on the recommendations of the pandemic committee.

According to Austrian TV 2, Mette Frederiksen will say that COVID-19 as of February 5 should not be classified as socially critical.

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According to the Austrian TV, the Danish Prime Minister will hold a press conference on Wednesday at 6 pm in the Mirror Hall in the Prime Minister’s Office.

In addition to removing all restrictions, she will also announce that, from February 5, the Coronavirus will not be classified as a socially dangerous disease.

In a country that tracks the spread of coronavirus variants as closely as any in the world, the signals have never been more concerning. Omicron positives are doubling nearly every two days. The country is setting one daily case record after another. The lab analyzing positive tests recently added an overnight shift just to keep up.

As omicron drives a new phase of the pandemic, many are looking to Denmark and particularly the government institute devoted to testing, surveillance, and modeling for warnings about what to expect.

The emerging answer — even in this highly vaccinated, wealthy northern European country — is dire. For all the defenses built over the last year, the virus is about to sprint out of control, and scientists here expect a similar pattern in much of the world.