Covid-19

On the evening of March 11th. 2020 Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, shut down Denmark. In the days, weeks and months that followed nothing was as it used to be in Denmark.

On the evening of March 11th. Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, shut down Denmark due to Covid-19. On March 12th. many children was not in school. The few who were were sitting in the empty classrooms waiting to be picked up and go home.

All Danish school children are send home and the classrooms are empty.

On March 12th. the day after Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, shut down Denmark people were shopping big in fear of running out of food.

March 14th. Denmark shut down the border to Germany. All borders was closed.

After March 14th. only very few foreigners were allowed in to Denmark with a valid purpose.

On 13 March, an assessment unit is set up at Kolding Hospital so that patients who show symptoms of coronavirus can be assessed and admitted to the hospital for further investigation, if necessary. on the 17th of March many many visit the unit and new tents are set up.

A nurse about to test a patient for Covid-19 at the new assessment unit at Kolding Hospital.

An officer from the Home Guard is on duty at Kolding Hospital.

In an almost empty Billund Airport Steen Rasmussen is waiting for his wife to return from a family visit in Australia.

Passengers leaving Denmark on march 19th. There are very few flights out of Denmark and people want to make sure they can get home while they still can get a flight out.

Friends keeping a safe distance in a public park.

A single woman is waiting for the train. The streets are almost empty.

April 12th. is easter sunday. For the first time in 1.000 years the churches are closed.

All playgrounds are shut for the time being.

On April 15th. students up to 5th. grade is able to go back to school. They have to keep a distance at 2 meters to each other and many schools have to find additional places to teach. This group of 5th. graders are taught in a nearby gymnasium.

After an increase in covid-19 cases in the city of Aarhus, hundreds of people are waiting in line to be tested at local testing units.

After an increase in covid-19 cases in Aarhus, people are waiting in line to be tested.

After an increase in covid-19 cases in the city of Aarhus, people are waiting in line to be tested.

Following increasing infection rates in Aarhus, initiatives are being taken in the surrounding municipalities. In Silkeborg, there is a requirement for masks in public transport.

Following increasing infection rates in the city of Aarhus, initiatives are being taken in the surrounding municipalities. In Silkeborg, there is a requirement for wearing masks in all public transportation.

Following increasing infection rates in Aarhus, initiatives are being taken in the surrounding municipalities. In Silkeborg, there is a requirement for masks in public transport. A woman is waiting for the bus.

In October 2020, there is a strong focus on mink farms in Denmark. Covid-19 had been found on several farms in northern Jutland and which soon spread further south. On October 21th a population of 14,500 animals was put down at farm near Thyregod. The farm is one of 128 mink farms in Denmark where Corona virus is found among the animals at the time.