Denmark will allow second COVID-19 vaccine shot up to 6 weeks after first shot - Ritzau

People wearing protective masks wait on a platform in Aarhus, Denmark August 10, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Bo Amstrup via REUTERS

Denmark can extend the time gap between first and second vaccination shot again COVID-19 for up to six weeks, the head of the Danish health authorities, Soren Brostrom, said on Monday according to local newswire Ritzau.

(Reporting by Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen; Editing by Alison Williams)