Less than a month after its first detection in the country, the Omicron variant is now prevalent in Denmark among the new cases of Covid-19 that today reached a record number since the beginning of the pandemic.
The Danish Communicable Disease Control Authority (SSI) “considers Omicron to be the dominant variant and is on the rise,” Health Minister Magnus Henike said on Twitter.
“We are witnessing an evolution of the epidemic, with an absolute record of infections today,” he stressed.
In the Nordic country of 5.8 million people, 13,558 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, an unprecedented number in the country. More than 500 of these cases are re-infections, according to health authorities.
Denmark, one of the most advanced countries in the world in terms of sequencing, is now among the countries that detect the most cases of Omicron.
All positive samples are subjected to variance detection by PCR molecular control within 24 hours and sequencing within four days.
The country had already warned last week that the new variant was on track to become dominant in Copenhagen and would soon prevail across the country.
Against the variation and daily record of the number of cases, the northern country accelerated the vaccination campaign by imposing more restrictive measures, closing down cultural life and many entertainment venues for the next four weeks.
The new variant of the coronavirus is spreading at breakneck speed, reflecting the latest statements from several places.
According to the French government, more than one in three infections now appears to be linked to the Micron in Paris.
In the US, Omicron is now dominant, with 73.2% of new Covid-19 infections during the week ended December 18, according to health authorities.
In Norway, health authorities announced that the number of Omicron cases had quadrupled in one week, from just over 900 cases on December 13 to 3,871 on Monday. However, none of them needed hospitalization at this stage.
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