KEY POINTS
  • Denmark has become the first country to halt its Covid vaccination program, saying it is doing so because the virus has been brought under control.
  • "Spring has arrived, vaccine coverage in the Danish population is high, and the epidemic has reversed," Danish Health Authority said in a statement Wednesday announcing the move.
  • Far from scrapping its vaccination program altogether, however, the Danish Health and Medicines Authority said there will probably be a need to vaccinate against Covid-19 again in the fall.
Health personnel are preparing injection syringes with Covid-19 vaccine in 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark. the country has now announced it will suspend its vaccination program and will review whether it's needed later in the year.

Denmark has become the first country to halt its Covid vaccination program, saying it is doing so because the virus is now under control.

"Spring has arrived, vaccine coverage in the Danish population is high, and the epidemic has reversed," the Danish Health Authority said in a statement Wednesday.