ABBA superstar Björn Ulvaeus told CNBC that the Swedish capital of Stockholm seems to be back to normal.
ABBA superstar Björn Ulvaeus told CNBC that the Swedish capital of Stockholm seems to be back to normal, despite the country reportedly seeing the highest number of coronavirus deaths per capita in the world this week.
"To begin with it sounded a very civilized way of quarantining, but then we've had so many deaths, so I think it's early days yet. We have to see, I mean, it's going to take at least half a year or so before we can decide whether our route was a good one or a bad one." Some schools remained open and the majority of the population continued to work, shop and visit bars and restaurants. Over-70s were urged to stay at home and limit close contact with others.figures from Our World in Data reported
"We haven't seen what the economy will do. That's not gonna bite I think until maybe the end of the summer or so, and that's really scary. And then there might be a second and a third wave of the infection, so we go into a different world.
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