Free flu and covid-19 vaccination for certain groups
Official title (in Danish): Bekendtgørelse om gratis vaccination mod influenza og covid-19 til visse persongrupper
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes:
- The executive order now covers both flu and covid-19.
- Vaccination against both diseases is given from 1 October to 20 December.
- Previously, the executive order only covered covid-19.
- Who: The regional council provides the vaccination to people who live in Denmark or who have a right to vaccination services while staying in Denmark under EU law or international agreements.
- When: The executive order entered into force on 1 October 2025.
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The regional council now provides free vaccination against both flu and covid-19. This happens from 1 October to 20 December, for people covered by sections 2 and 3. For people covered by section 4, free covid-19 vaccination is provided from 21 December to 30 September. Previously, there was no period for covid-19 vaccination in the text.
Free flu vaccine is offered to, among others, people who turn 65 no later than 20 December in the vaccination year. It is also offered to pregnant women in their 2nd or 3rd trimester. People who turn 70 no later than 20 December in the vaccination year are offered an adjuvanted trivalent flu vaccine. Everyone else generally gets an inactivated standard trivalent vaccine.
Free covid-19 vaccination is offered to, among others, people who turn 65 no later than 20 December in the vaccination year. The vaccine is an mRNA vaccine according to the Danish Health Authority's guidance.
The rule on who may vaccinate now applies to both section 1(1) and section 1(2). Previously, it only applied to section 1(1).
Sources and original
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Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
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- Issued · 17 September 2025
- Published in the Danish Law Gazette (Lovtidende) · 20 September 2025
- In force · 1 October 2025