The corona crisis has devastating consequences in Europe. Thousands of people have died of Covid-19. All news in the news ticker.
- So far, Sweden has pursued a different strategy in the Corona * crisis than most European countries.
- Meanwhile, the number of infected people in Europe continues to rise.
- So far, 477 people have died of Covid-19 in Sweden.
- Here you will find the basic facts about the corona virus and the corona news from Germany. You can also find current case numbers in Germany as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
Stockholm - The Corona Crisis * in Europe limits the lives of many people. Italy and Spain have had the most devastating effects of the Sars-CoV-2 * coronavirus. Thousands of people are infected, thousands of people have died from Covid-19 . While life in large parts of Europe largely stands still due to exit restrictions, one country has followed a different line - and the criticism for it is getting louder and louder.
Corona in Europe: Special route in Sweden - no exit restrictions, schools still open
So far, Sweden has pursued a different strategy in the corona pandemic than most other European countries. There are no exit restrictions *. Schools, restaurants and sports facilities are still open.
The Swedish government only called on people to keep their distance from their fellow human beings and, if possible, to work from home. In doing so, she followed the recommendations of the highest health authority and state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell . Just recently, Tegnell had said, "I would go skiing."
There is also a ban on meetings for more than 50 people and a ban on visiting nursing homes. The goal was to limit the spread of the virus as much as possible.
Corona in Europe: Special route in Sweden - no exit restrictions, schools still open
However, the handling of the corona situation is not considered positive by everyone in Sweden. Sten Linnarsson, professor of molecular systems biology at the Karolinska Institute, pointed to a high risk "that we will soon regret the previous strategy."
Söderberg-Nauclér, a colleague of Linnsarssons, said: "We are not pursuing, we are not isolating enough - we have let go of the virus." She warns of a "catastrophe". Both are among the signatories of an open letter that calls for nationwide tests in the population, as reported by "ntv".
According to official information, Sweden has a comparatively low number of cases *. So 7,206 people are infected with the coronavirus, 477 died of Covid-19 .
Corona in Sweden: Sobering report from a nurse goes viral
But the criticism is getting louder. The report of a nurse from the Uppsala University Clinic on Facebook attracted attention and was very well received in Sweden . The post has been shared more than 40,000 times.
"The last few days have been overwhelming, now the patients with Covid-19 are really coming to us and they are sick, very seriously ill," she wrote and continued: "Half of the people we currently care for are under the age of 50. And not everyone has previous illnesses. ”In addition, she publishes a selfie that cannot hide the traces of several overtime hours.
* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network
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