Aarhus football fans urged to test for Covid 

The municipality of Aarhus asks residents who attended Euro Cup events to get tested for the coronavirus, according to Danish news agency Ritzau. 

Covid cases have been on the rise in Aarhus – with 710 new infections over the previous seven days – and the Danish Agency for Patient Safety informed Aarhus officials that many of the infected had identified football events and Euro Cup festivities as possible contact points. 

Aarhus has the third highest incidence rate of all of Denmark’s municipalities, with 202.1 Covid cases per 100,000 inhabitants over the last week. Copenhagen, with the highest incidence rate, tallied 1,472 new cases over the same time period for a rate of 212.7 cases per 100,000. 

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Possible Danish case of serious side effects after J&J vaccine

The Danish Medicines Agency has received the first report of a rare but serious side effect from the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A patient – a 29-year-old woman, according to DR medical correspondent Peter Geisling – has experienced blood clots, bleeding and a low number of platelets, the DMA says. It’s a possible case of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, or VITT syndrome, and would be Denmark’s first in connection with J&J.

Over 46,280 people in Denmark have been vaccinated with the J&J vaccine, according to the latest data from Danish infectious disease agency the Statens Serum Institut. The J&J shot was removed from the national scheme in the spring, but a majority vote in the Folketing – the Danish Parliament – approved its use in an optional scheme available to certain demographics after consultation with a doctor. 

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine fundamentally differs from Moderna and Pfizer in that it uses DNA, rather than mRNA, to teach the immune system to recognise the spike proteins on the surface of the coronavirus. There have been no cases of VITT syndrome reported in connection with Moderna and Pfizer in Denmark, but three in connection with the Astra Zeneca vaccine. 

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Come on in, the water’s fine – Copenhagen harbour back open for swimming 

After several days of wastewater contamination at popular swim spots due to the weekend’s heavy rains, green flags are again flying across the port of Copenhagen, according to the Danish “bathing forecast”.

Islands Brygges Havnebad, Halfdansgade Badezone, Fisketorvets Havnebad and Kalvebod Bølge are all back on the market in time for this week’s sticky summer heat. 

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