Denmark increases testing, contact tracing to prevent second coronavirus wave


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  • Tuesday, 12 May 2020

FILE PHOTO Yellow stripe is painted in the middle of a pedestrian street to help people comply with the social distance guidelines related to the coronavirus disease COVID-19 situation in Aalborg Denmark May 4 2020. Henning BaggerRitzau Scanpixvia REUTERS

FILE PHOTO: Yellow stripe is painted in the middle of a pedestrian street to help people comply with the social distance guidelines related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Aalborg, Denmark May 4, 2020. Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark will significantly increase testing for COVID-19 and put a contact tracing system in place to prevent a second wave of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday.

"If the spread reignites, we need to know in time. This is why we need an effective tracing of the virus spreading," Frederiksen told reporters.

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