The African community in Denmark, and the status of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron

BY MICHAEL THOMAS

Many may not realize this, but there are Black people who live in places like Denmark, and as a matter of fact we are a people that live everywhere. Now, I know that you may be wondering why I am saying this, and the answer is simple; the status of the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron in Denmark is out and as a people who make up part of the Danish population, we are very much affected.

In 2019 non-western immigrants and descendants of immigrants from non-western countries made up 8.9% of the nation’s 5.8 million population, according to Statistics Denmark.

According to immigrants in Denmark by country of origins 2020, over 11,000 Somalians are living in that country, and there are more from other parts of the dark continent and beyond, so with stats like this we as a people must be concerned with what is Denmark’s plan of action.

This is a country not too long ago whose parliament voted to get rid of the so-called ghettos of Denmark where the dwellers were of course predominately Black and made all sorts of elusive excuses around the fact.

This Omicron variant was originally discovered in Denmark in November last year, and it quickly became the nation’s leading variety in December, according to their local news. Although the risk of being admitted to hospital with this is half that of the Delta variant, Denmark Statens Serum Institute’s academic director Tyra Grove already expects this brew to transmit quickly affecting a large number of the population in January and February.

Here are a few elderly comparisons of this exceptionally deadly disease.

Apart from Denmark, South Korea has also recorded fatalities linked to the new COVID-19 strain Omicron. Two men, who were in their 90s, have lost their lives to the disease. The Omicron variant claimed its first victim in the Australian state of New South Wales in late December. A man who was in his 80’s, infected at an elderly care home in Australia, was confirmed as the fatal case.

Until Sunday December 19^th, 2021, nearly all-positive SARS-CoV-2 samples were tested with variant PCR to identify Omicron cases. As of Monday December 20^th, 2021, only a representative sample of the positive SARS-CoV-2 samples were tested with variant PCR at TCDK, hence, the number of identified Omicron cases does not represent the total number of Omicron cases in Denmark.

In the Clinical Microbiological Departments are the PCR samples from hospitalized patients prioritized to be variant PCR tested. There are currently registered a total of 54,616 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) SARS-CoV-2 cases in Denmark.

Here are the number of positive cases per injected as opposed to un-injected people:

Not vaccinated 21,390 23.7 3,500 8.5

Received first dose 2,813 3.1 731 1.8

Completed primary vaccination schedule 56,532 62.5 29,781 72.0

Revaccinated 9,704 10.7 7,330 17.7

Total 90,439 100.0 41,342 100.0

Denmark has injected 75% of its entire population.

It is extremely important to note that those who are so-called fully injected are more than double the ones infected. That said, Danish people are being threatened once more. Does this sound familiar? Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke stated that Denmark might face a fresh lockdown if more people do not get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Denmark’s opposition party has a voice and is using it to their people’s advantage. Venstre, the opposition liberal-conservative party claims that Heunicke is violating a key agreement by threatening to reinstate limitations. “Scolding individuals does not help here since the population has assumed responsibility. Threatening to shut down society is a completely crazy message from the health minister.”