Sweden's top disease expert says the WHO misinterpreted data when it included Sweden — which didn't impose a strict shutdown — in a list of countries seeing a resurgence of the coronavirus.
Sweden's top disease expert says a surge in new coronavirus cases is a result of more testing. Here, people enjoy the sun and water at a bathing jetty in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday alongside a sign instructing the public to maintain social distancing.Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images
Tegnell's remarks were a retort to a warning from Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, Along with Sweden, the warning included countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. But Tegnell objected to Kluge's warning, saying that WHO officials were misinterpreting Sweden's epidemiological data. In Tegnell's view, the rise in new cases is due to a recent bump in testing. He added that Sweden is seeing a relatively low number of admissions to intensive care units, along with a decline in COVID-19 deaths.
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