Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says it was the right decision not to impose stricter lockdown measures - despite figures showing the country has much higher death rates than its neighbours
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven says it was the right decision not to impose stricter lockdown measures - despite figures showing the country has much higher death rates than its neighbours.did not enforce an official lockdown, close its schools or insist that residents wear face masks in public.- a much higher death rate than in neighbouring Norway, Denmark and Finland, all of which have totals in triple figures.
He told the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter:"The strategy that we adopted, I believe is right - to protect individuals, limit the spread of the infection."What has been discussed most, and what we did differently in Sweden, was that we did not close schools. Now there are quite a few people who think we were right."
Although Sweden largely relied on voluntary social-distancing measures, it did limit public gatherings and quarantined its care homes, which, as in many other countries, were badly hit.
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