Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden tested positive for Covid-19

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Caught: Prince Carl Philip and his wife Sofia are sick with Covid-19 (archive)

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The Swedish Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia have contracted the corona virus.

The Swedish royal family announced.

The 41-year-old and his 35-year-old wife had already gone into quarantine at home with their children on Wednesday with milder symptoms.

The corona infection was then determined.

The two are doing well under the circumstances.

Sweden's royal couple, 74-year-old Carl XVI.

Gustaf and his wife, Silvia, who is two years older, should also be tested on Thursday.

Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel should also take a test, according to a message.

Meanwhile, there is the all-clear in neighboring Norway: There the corona tests by King Harald V and Queen Sonja, both 83, were negative.

According to the Norwegian royal family, the two are leaving their quarantine, which they had entered a week ago because of a confirmed corona case at court.

From Friday, the royal couple will also be officially back on duty.

Sweden had taken a different path than most European countries in fighting the corona virus.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the government chose a liberal course and relied on citizens to take responsibility for themselves - in the hope of achieving herd immunity as soon as possible.

While there was a shutdown in Germany, bars and restaurants remained open in the Scandinavian country.

Recently, however, the government changed its course - and is now even considering school closings.

Contrary to the forecasts of the state virologist Anders Tegnell, the number of infections rose sharply again.

For the first time in over 100 years, life expectancy in Sweden has therefore also fallen.

This was announced by the country's statistics authority.

This year, the average lifetime in the first eight months for men had already fallen from 81.3 to 80.8 years.

In women it fell from 84.7 to 84.4 years.

Before that, the average age of people »in Sweden rose steadily from 1900 to 2019.

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