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Sweden has not changed its strategy in the face of Covid-19, says the country's prime minister

2020-12-22T09:50:07.783Z


Sweden has not changed its strategy in the face of the coronavirus despite the tightening of recommendations and restrictions in the face of the increasingly heavy toll of the second wave, its prime minister said Tuesday (December 22). Read also: Covid-19: Sweden in the storm " I can understand that we are tempted to ask ourselves: 'has the strategy changed?' No, it's exactly the same strategy:


Sweden has not changed its strategy in the face of the coronavirus despite the tightening of recommendations and restrictions in the face of the increasingly heavy toll of the second wave, its prime minister said Tuesday (December 22).

Read also: Covid-19: Sweden in the storm

"

I can understand that we are tempted to ask ourselves: 'has the strategy changed?' No, it's exactly the same strategy: make sure to limit the spread of the infection as much as possible

", Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said in an interview with public television SVT.

"

But it is clear that depending on the situation we can also make changes,

" he said.

Unlike the measures imposed widely elsewhere in Europe, Sweden has pursued a different strategy based mainly on recommendations, without containment and almost without coercive measures.

But faced with the rise in cases and deaths since this fall, the government toughened its tone in mid-November, in particular by limiting public events to a maximum of eight people.

Everyone has since been called to attend only the members of their household.

While containment or complete closures of bars, restaurants and shops are not on the agenda, Stefan Löfven on Friday presented a new set of stricter measures and recommendations in the face of a second wave that has already claimed some 2,000 lives. in this country of just over 10 million inhabitants.

On Monday, Sweden also closed its border with the United Kingdom and Denmark for the first time, to avoid transmissions linked to cross-border shopping with the latter.

Introduction of visitor gauges in shops and sports halls, limitation of tables to a maximum of four people in restaurants, against eight so far, and - even more symbolically - recommendation to wear the mask in public transport from at the beginning of January, especially during peak hours when distancing is impossible, were announced.

Sweden has so far not recommended wearing masks anywhere outside of health services, a unique position in Europe and even in the world.

The Scandinavian country will also present a temporary law allowing in particular to close shops and restaurants, but the text should not enter into force until mid-March, according to the government's plan.

Discussions are however underway to speed up the process.

Source: lefigaro

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