Sweden's center-left government will boost funding for elderly care by around $500 million in its 2021 budget after the number of deaths in old people's homes during the coronavirus pandemic sparked widespread concern.
FILE PHOTO: Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven leaves a meeting at the EU summit, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium early July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool
The government has said it will boost spending by more than 100 billion Swedish crowns in the budget to be published on Sept. 21 as it seeks to restart the economy and plug holes in the welfare system exposed by the pandemic. Sweden’s death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has been much larger than its Nordic neighbors, though less than countries like Britain and Spain. Most of those deaths have been among the elderly, including many residents in care homes.
Lofven said budget, negotiated with two small center-right parties which nominally sit in opposition, would prioritize welfare, fighting climate change and building up the criminal justice system, amid worries about violent crime.
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