Danish health authorities are considering "winding down" the country's coronavirus vaccination program in the spring and see no reason at this time to administer a booster dose to children or a fourth vaccination to other residents at risk of a severe course of COVID-19, AP reported.

The Danish Health Authority said in a statement outlining its reasoning that the third infection wave in the European nation was waning “due to the large population immunity.”

“The very high vaccine coverage in Denmark, especially with the third shot, means that we can cope with the increasing infection without getting serious illness,” the government agency said in a statement.

Last month, the Danish government offered a fourth dose of the vaccine to the elderly and other vulnerable citizens as the pandemic situation worsened due to the rapid spread of the omicron strain.

But the Health Authority concluded that the three vaccinations provided good protection for residents in nursing homes and people over 85 and decided that there was no need to give them additional vaccinations.

Denmark expanded its vaccination program to children aged 5 to 11 in November, when the delta strain was dominant and there were fears that young people could infect the older generation. On Friday, the health authority said it was “now starting to plan to round off the current vaccination program for all target groups, including the program for children aged 5-11.”

“We will of course follow the epidemic closely, and we are ready to change our decision if, contrary to expectations, there is a fourth spring wave or new worrying variants this spring,” the agency statement said.

Denmark lifted most pandemic restrictions this month after officials said they no longer considered COVID-19 a "socially critical disease".