Coronavirus Sweden

• Sweden rejects need for face masks as coronavirus deaths top 7,000

  The Swedish Health Agency, largely behind Sweden's no-lockdown strategy, has refrained from recommending masks.

  World

  Dec 3, 2020
  
• Sweden could have handled coronavirus response better, chief epidemiologist admits

  Sweden has stood out among European nations and the world for the way it has handled the pandemic, not shutting down the country or the economy like others but relying on citizens’ sense of civic duty.

  World

  Jun 3, 2020
  
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• German ‘zombie hunters’ stopped at Swedish border with trove of weapons

  Swedish officials seized guns, crossbows, teargas canisters and other gear for fighting a zombie outbreak — not a coronavirus pandemic.

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  May 5, 2020
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• Sweden took a softer COVID-19 approach. Has it been effective?

  Sweden has implemented less stringent coronavirus measures, keeping elementary schools, businesses and restaurants open. Has it been successful? Here's what the experts say.

  Health

  May 4, 2020
• Swedish city covers park in chicken poo to stop covidiots from partying

  Swedish officials can't impose coronavirus lockdowns, so one town is making the park a crappy place to be for the annual Walpurgis Night festival.

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  Apr 30, 2020
• Sweden takes softer approach to coronavirus lockdown even as deaths rise

  As countries across Europe have restricted the movement of their citizens, Sweden stands out for what the country's chief epidemiologist calls a “low-scale” approach that “is much more sustainable” over a longer period.

  Apr 13, 2020
• Sweden raises coronavirus risk level to ‘very high’ as 60 new cases reported

  Sweden's Public Health Agency on Tuesday raised the risk level for local contagion of the new coronavirus to "very high" from "moderate" and said it was seeing signs of community spread in the Nordic country.

  Health

  Mar 10, 2020