A Swedish professor who had been researching the effects of Covid-19 on children has quit after being bombarded with abuse online. Jonas F Ludvigsson, a paediatrician at Örebro University Hospital and professor of clinical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute, published data showing few children in Sweden became ill from Covid-19 during the first wave. However, … Read more
Sweden is heading for a coronavirus third wave and will need tighter restrictions after infections rose 10% for third week in a row, health chief Anders Tegnell warns Anders Tegnell said third Swedish coronavirus wave is inevitable if rules ignored Number of new cases have risen by ten per cent in each of the last … Read more
Former Bond girl Britt Ekland talks about travelling, including the joy of silk eye masks, the Swedish coast and the time a priest calmed her down on a rocky flight to New York By Richard Webber For The Daily Mail Published: 15:55 GMT, 26 February 2021 | Updated: 15:55 GMT, 26 February 2021 Former Bond … Read more
During the relentless gloom and uncertainty in the early weeks of this pandemic, the Queen was accused of misjudging the mood of the people. The Times, no less, criticised her ‘silence’, while pointing out that the monarchs of Spain, Holland, Norway, Belgium and Sweden had all had something to say to their people on the … Read more
Parts of Sweden have reversed their scepticism towards face masks with officials urging people to wear them on public transport, at work and in shops. The change in tone in a country that has been so-far resistant towards the use of face masks comes as Sweden braces itself for a third wave of coronavirus infections. … Read more
Texas may be the energy powerhouse of the US, but it has not held up to its name after historic freezing conditions froze the state’s power facilities and mainly its 10,700 wind turbines. Sweden, which is known for its colder climate, has offered the Lone Star State some advice to keep the wings moving no … Read more
A fifth of the world’s population has a ‘superior resilience’ to colder temperatures thanks to a genetic mutation, allowing them to never feel the cold, study reveals. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had 32 healthy men aged 18 to 40 sit in 14 degrees Celsius water until their body temperature dropped to 35.5C. They … Read more
A fifth of the world’s population has a ‘superior resilience’ to colder temperatures thanks to a genetic mutation, allowing them to never feel the cold, study reveals. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden had 32 healthy men aged 18 to 40 sit in 14 degrees Celsius water until their body temperature dropped to 35.5C. They … Read more
A Swedish filmmaker has been cleared of breaching an international grave treaty while filming the wreckage of the doomed ferry MS Estonia. Henrik Evertsson used a drone camera to film the vessel, which sank off the coast of the Finnish island Uto in 1994, killing 852 passengers, for a Discovery+ documentary about the disaster. The … Read more
EU accused of ‘kissing the backside of Russia’ after it turns to Moscow to make up its shortfall in vaccine supplies Josep Borrell backs Russian Sputnik V jab, congratulates country on its ‘success’ Russia expelled three European diplomats over imprisonment of Alexei Navalny Sir Iain Duncan Smith says EU is ‘kissing the backside of Russia,’ … Read more