Brazil,
July st,
Subject:
Study as a o thy
pu pose fo
fo eig e s esidi g
i " ed cou t ies"
To:
Ch istia sbo g
Cope hage K
De
a k
THE
DANISH
PARLIAMENT
FOL KE TI NG
DEAR MEMBER OF THE DANISH PARLIAMENT
It is ith g eat hu ilit a d estee that e
ite to ou o behalf of B azilia
schola s a d esea che s ad itted to Highe Educatio p og a
es i the
Ki gdo
of De a k fo the upco i g se este , ith classes sta ti g i
Septe be . I espectfull add ess this lette to ou to de o st ate ou co ce
that e a e at isk of losi g ou spots, as ell as e te al fu di g o schola ships
g a ted b thi d pa ties, due to the i possibilit of e te i g Da ish te ito .
Si ce Ap il , B azil has bee classified o the list of ed cou t ies follo i g the
defi itio s of the atio al autho ities, ea i g that e ca
ig ate o l
ith a
special o th pu pose – a d studies a e ot co side ed o th i this case.
I the light of this situatio , ou g oup, hose choice to appl fo u i e sities i
De a k as based o the e celle ce of its educatio al s ste , feel dut -bou d
to p otect the effo ts ade to gua a tee ou
aca cies at these p estigious
i stitutio s. We u de sta d that t a el est ictio s a e a p e e tio
easu e a d
espect the absolute so e eig t a d legiti ac of the Da ish state i decisio -
aki g, thus e ould app eciate it if ou ould co side ou a gu e ts a d
positio .
We ha e bee closel follo i g De a k's u e ui ocal effo ts to face the Co id-
pa de ic, e b aci g actio s that ha e led to the co t ol of the situatio a d
allo ed the eope i g of the cou t i the past o th. We ag ee that the cu e t
co te t e ui es e ceptio al easu es to p e e t the sp ead of the SARS-CoV-
i us a d its a ia ts. Ho e e , he e te i g Da ish te ito f o B azil, e
take the pledge to follo all legal p e e ti e easu es that at a e ea l stage
p e e ted the i us f o sp eadi g i the cou t a d that a e o i dicated,
such as p ese tatio of a egati e PCR test, sub issio to additio al tests a d
ca i g out a a dato
ua a ti e.
a tech ical epo t eleased i Ma ch
o the Guida ce fo COVID-
ua a ti e a d testi g of t a elle s, the Eu opea Ce t e fo Disease Co t ol a d
P e e tio a gues that "at this stage of the pa de ic, educi g a d/o dela i g
the i po tatio of i uses Va ia ts is of the ut ost i po ta ce i o de to allo
public health autho ities to acci ate the highest possible u be of i di iduals
at isk a d healthca e o ke s". The ECDC co cludes that i the abse ce of
testi g, the cu e t e ide ce f o
odelli g studies suppo ts a ua a ti e
pe iod fo t a elle s of
da s upo a i al, hich e su es that al ost a o e
i fected upo a i al ill ot fu the t a s it the i us at the place of a i al,
assu i g full co plia ce. Co side i g that, si ce Ap il
,
, De a k
lau ched a ca paig of co p ehe si e testi g, e ould like ou to ecko
ith
the co
it e t o ou pa t ith all ecessa co t ol easu es p o e effecti e
agai st the ci culatio of the co o a i us.
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