Denmark details next step in easing restrictions
More students will soon head back to school
Denmark is taking another step forward in gradually easing out of its COVID lockdown as an agreement is reached in the Danish parliament on the next phase of reopening.
As of Monday, students in grades five through eight can return to school, albeit just one day a week, and classes must be held outside.
Primary students on “non-bridged islands” can return to class as normal with no capacity limit.
Upper secondary students who are graduating along with Students in efterskoler og højskoler in East Jutland, South Jutland, Funen, West and South Zealand as well as North and West Jutland can return to in person learning with classes at 50% attendance, in other words, attending classes every other week.
Upper secondary students who are not graduating (grades 5 through 8) can attend one class a week in person and the class must be held outside. The same applies for efterskole and højskole students in areas of the country not mentioned above.
Culture Minister Joy Mogensen said this is great news for students, especially those who are graduating.
“The reopening of folkhøjskoler is good news for all the many young people who have recently put their lives on hold and waited to see if their high school stay could be completed. Now we are taking the next step in a sound reopening.”
Teachers, school staff, and students in upper secondary will have to have a negative COVID test, no more than 72 hours old, in order to return to school.
For primary schools this is encouraged but not mandated.
There is also some easing of restrictions for bigger stores between 5,000 and 10,000 m2. As of Monday they can have up to 250 customers and the requirement to book a visiting time no longer applies.
If big box stores over 10,000 m2 can present a plan to reopen while guaranteeing customers can be be socially distant, then they too can decommission the requirement to book shopping visiting times online.
You can see the agreement in Danish HERE