According to new figures obtained by BT tabloid, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases among health workers in the Copenhagen region has increased considerably recently.
Some 227 doctors, nurses and other health staff have tested positive in the capital area since March 29 – almost exactly double the 114 cases up until that point.
“It’s a significant development and a concern in regards to health personnel, who are fighting a tough battle at the moment, and patients who risk being infected while hospitalised,” Morten Freil, the head of patient advocacy organisation Dansk Patienter, told BT.
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More being tested
However, Copenhagen Region spokesperson Anne Kirstine Damsager contends the increase is down to more health workers being tested in recent weeks.
Damsager said that the number of health workers on sick leave due to suspected coronavirus infections has dwindled.
The news comes just days after the government announced it would begin reopening the Danish health system again.
