Sweden’s king has said his country’s lockdown-free approach to battling coronavirus has ‘failed’ and that people have ‘suffered tremendously’ as a result. Carl XVI Gustaf, whose son and daughter-in-law tested positive for Covid-19 last month, used an annual royal Christmas TV special to highlight the growing impact of the virus In a rare intervention from … Read more
Sweden’s no-lockdown Covid approach left elderly people vulnerable, with high levels of community infection the biggest factor in care home deaths, report finds Sweden has never gone into lockdown, with shops and restaurants staying open Thousands have died at nursing homes despite talk of ‘ring-fencing’ the elderly Commission found that too little was done to … Read more
Sweden will close its high schools for a month from next Monday and students will take online classes after 209 deaths were recorded in the last two days. The Scandinavian country, which has resisted taking coercive action to suppress coronavirus, is seeing infections rise and exceeding official forecasts. Its Public Health Agency now predicts a … Read more
The health expert behind Sweden‘s no-lockdown Covid-19 strategy has been sidelined by the government as the country’s number of coronavirus deaths continues to rise. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s press conference overran on Thursday, clashing with that of Anders Tegnell, the architect of the country’s liberal approach to the outbreak. It follows Sweden admitting that … Read more