Crown Prince Frederik receives first Covid vaccine

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has received his first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus.

This news was announced by the Royal Court on Facebook and Instagram with a picture of the Crown Prince as he received the vaccine. Along with the picture, a short statement from His Royal Highness was also published. The Danish Crown Prince wrote: “Today I got my first vaccine. Thank you to all of you who help us on our way to a normal everyday life again.”

It is not known which vaccine the Crown Prince received. It became known earlier in May that Denmark is removing the Janssen vaccine from the program. It had already stopped use of the AstraZeneca jab after reports of blood clots in some of those who received it. That makes it likely that the Crown Prince has received either Pfizer or Moderna, which are the two vaccines now used in the official vaccination of the Danish population.

The Danish heir to the throne had to wait more than five months for his vaccine after his mother received her first dose of vaccine. Queen Margrethe II received the vaccine on New Year’s Day. The Royal Court announced that the Monarch, who is 80, had been given the jab via a short statement on the afternoon of January 1st 2021.

In December of las year Prince Christian was put into in isolation at Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg after he tested positive for coronavirus. The entire family of the Crown Prince and Princess was in isolation in Frederik VIII’s Palace but no further members of the family was then infected. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary received news of a local outbreak of COVID-19 at the Tranegårdskolen in Hellerup, which Prince Christian attended.