Covid-19 extremism a part of terror assessment in Denmark

A resident undergoes Covid test in China on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

Denmark's domestic security on Tuesday designated Covid-linked "anti-governmental extremism" as a menace for the first time ever. The agency, known by its Danish acronym PET, said in its annual assessment that although this type of extremism is not "a significant driving force for the terrorist threat" in the country, it does make the situation "more complex."

PET said the menace which expresses the need to use violence against elected representatives, had appeared in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic. Michael Hamann, head of PET's Centre for Terror Analysis, said in certain cases criticism has been expressed by "threats and intimidation" in Denmark, while there have been examples abroad "of planning or carrying out actual violent acts." Though, anti-government extremism is "limited in level", he added.

Shanghai tightens lockdown on Day 2

China's most populous city tightened the first phase of a two-stage Covid-19 lockdown on Tuesday, asking some residents to stay indoors unless they are getting tested as the number of new daily cases exceeded 4,400. Wu Qianyu, an official with the municipal health commission, said 8.26 million tests were performed by as many as 17,000 testing personnel in the city's locked-down districts on Monday.

14,13,502
No. of new cases reported globally in the past 24 hours

48,24,22,736
Total no. of cases worldwide

61,28,513
Total no. of deaths worldwide

Source: Johns Hopkins

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