nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210322-151511-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210322s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210322-151511-0 doi eng 342 23 Lauta, Kristian Cedervall Author aut The Eternal Emergency? Denmark’s Legal Response to COVID-19 in Review Lauta, Kristian Cedervall Verfassungsblog 2021-03-22 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 11th March 2020 the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen found herself in a historic moment. The infection numbers in Denmark had dramatically increased within the last 24 hours - from just 157 infected in total on the 10th of March to 514 on March 11th – and a, now well-documented, disagreement between the health authorities and the government on the overall strategy had forced the hand of the Prime Minister to take decisive action. Dressed all in black, the prime minister ceremonially opened the press conference with the, now famous, words: “What I will tell you tonight, will have major implications for all Danes”. Indeed, almost one year from the Prime minister’s public prophecy, we can conclude - it did. CC BY-SA 4.0 COVID 19 Denmark Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-eternal-emergency-denmarks-legal-response-to-covid-19-in-review/ raw object