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Sweden defends anti-coronavirus model

2020-04-02T17:45:33.946Z


The country, which refuses confinement for the time being, favors measures acceptable to citizens over the long term.


In Stockholm

We knew the British phlegm, you will have to get used to Swedish insurance now. Thursday, it is not less than three ministers who came to justify the anti-coronavirus strategy of the Nordic kingdom, where confinement is still not topical, and where schools remain open. However, the epidemic has experienced a sudden acceleration in the past four days, with the death toll rising from 111 to 282 dead. For Lena Hallengren, Minister of Health, Sweden is far from remaining inactive: “We have focused our efforts on the elderly, who are overrepresented in intensive care. There is no need to impose general confinement because our recommendations for social distancing and hygiene are followed by the Swedes. In Stockholm, there are 70% fewer people on the streets of the city center, and 50% less in transport. A third of the inhabitants work from home. These results persuade us that restrictive measures

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Source: lefigaro

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