Skydsgaard and Stine Jacobsen; Editing by Alex Richardson)....

-19 resurgence or already fighting it."( Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard; Editing by Alison Williams and

It was reported missing later the same day.... " The remains of four people have been found and located at the bottom of the lake at a depth of 37 metres or less," police said in a statement, referring to the Tingvallavatn lake, which lies some 40 km( 25 miles) east of the capital, Reykjavik.... " The planning of the rescue operation has already begun and will be implemented as soon as the weather allows," it added....

COPENHAGEN( Reuters)-A third-dose booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccination is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and" not a luxury", the World Health Organization said on Monday. The WHO said earlier this month data did not indicate a need for booster shots, while topping up already fully vaccinated people would further widen a vaccine-availability gap between rich and lower-income countries." A third dose of vaccine is not a luxury booster( that is) taken away from someone who is still wait

COPENHAGEN( Reuters)-Denmark will increase its contributions to NATO forces by deploying around 200 soldiers to Estonia as well as two F-16 fighter jets to perform aerial policing in Poland's air space, the government said on Thursday, as a response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.... The decisions would need parliamentary approval, which the government will seek later on Thursday.... Denmark will also make preparations to be able to receive refugees from Ukraine as well as send humanitarian a

COPENHAGEN( Reuters)-A Danish frigate has killed four pirates in waters south of Nigeria in an operation aimed at ensuring safe shipping in the Gulf of Guinea, the Danish military said on Thursday. The frigate Esbern Snare, deployed last month to the Gulf of Guinea amid heightened security risks from pirates, on Wednesday spotted a vessel it suspected of carrying eight pirates near several commercial ships, Danish Defence said. The incident happened outside Nigeria's territorial waters, a spokes

COPENHAGEN( Reuters)-Denmark's public prosecutor is set to formally charge former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen with leaking highly classified state secrets, the justice ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Frederiksen, who served as defence minister between 2016 and 2019, said in January he had been preliminarily charged with violating a section of the penal code, which includes treason for leaking state secrets. Parliament will now have to discuss whether to remove Frederiksen'

" Our study contributes to emerging evidence that BNT162b2( Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273( Moderna) primary vaccine protection against Omicron decreases quickly over time, with booster vaccination offering a significant increase in protection," the authors wrote in the study.... 12. Among those who recently had their second vaccine dose, effectiveness against Omicron was measured at 55.2% for Pfizer-BioNTech and 36.7% for Moderna, compared to unvaccinated people.... But that protection quickly

COPENHAGEN( Reuters)-Russia is likely to remain on a diplomatic track with Kyiv and the West for at least two weeks but will continue efforts to destabilise Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday. Russia has massed troops near Ukraine's border but says it does not plan to invade its neighbour. Speaking after Russia held security talks in Paris on Wednesday with diplomats from Ukraine, France and Germany, Kuleba told a news briefing in Copenhagen:" Nothing has changed,

" The political significance will outweigh the military contribution," Kristensen told Reuters.... Preliminary polls have shown a solid lead to those voting in favour of abolishing the opt-out, with close to 48% in favour and 31% against.... Naysayers have argued that EU's defence cooperation is strained by bureaucracy and inefficient decision making, while also fearing the prospect of having to contribute to a potential supranational EU-army....