Among the first in Europe, Denmark is starting to use its Covid “passport”, the key to a plan to gradually reopen the country by the end of May.
Available via a secure application or also in paper format, this document currently allows entry into certain small businesses - hairdressers, beauty salons or even driving schools - by proving that the wearer is fully vaccinated or that he has performed a negative test for less than 72 hours.
In Copenhagen, in a newly reopened hairdressing salon, Rune Højsgaard for the first time brandishes his “coronapass” installed on his phone.
“I've been waiting for three months to have my hair cut,” says this 42-year-old computer scientist, delighted to be able to return to the salon.
“I did a test on Saturday, it is valid until this afternoon.
I usually get tested once or several times a week so it's not really a problem for me, ”he continues.
After nearly four months of closure, Pernille Nielsen, the hairdresser, is "excited" at the idea of finding her clients.
“We have waited so long for this reopening!
Now, we are doing everything we can to be able to reopen and if it is the coronapass that must be done, then we do it, ”summarizes the manager of the show.