Sweden, in brown, once had the worst infection rate in Europe measured by cases per million people - but while cases have surged in Spain and France and risen in Britain, Germany and Italy, Sweden's infection rate has fallen to an all-time low
Daily Mail: How comeback kid Sweden got the last laugh on coronavirus: Infections and deaths fall to record lows and economy improves as Britain removes the country that shunned lock-down from the quarantine list
* Sweden's infection rate, once the highest in Europe, is now lower than in UK, Spain, France, Italy or Denmark
* Curve was flattened without a lockdown as government trusted Swedes to take necessary hygiene measures
* Falling cases and deaths have led Britain to regard the country as safe and remove it from quarantine list
* Swedish economy has seen a milder downturn than in much of Europe as shops and restaurants stayed open
While coronavirus cases rebound across Europe, Sweden is enjoying record low numbers of infections and deaths despite months of scepticism about its lockdown-free strategy.
Sweden's infection rate - once the highest in Europe - is now lower than in Britain, Spain, France or Italy, as well as Norway and Denmark where leaders have long been alarmed by their neighbour's high death rate.
Sweden last week carried out a record number of tests but only 1.2 per cent of them came back positive, the lowest level since the start of the pandemic.
The Swedish comeback has now led Britain to remove the country from its quarantine list, opening the door to tourism in an economy which has already suffered a milder downturn than much of Europe.
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WNU Editor: The Swedes had a rough summer, and it is true that they are doing better than their neighbours. But this pandemic is far from over, and if there is one thing that we have learned about Covid-19, it is full of surprises.
6 comments:
The first rule about Sweden is we don't talk about Sweden...
How comeback kid Sweden got the last laugh on coronavirus
1. very good health care system
2. citizens followed guidelines for masks and social distancing
No masks in Sweden, just social distancing and no gatherings over 50 people.
TO DATE:
86,505 CASES 8555 per million
5,846 deaths, 578 per million people
1,250,488 tests
I've not seen any people wearing masks at all here in Sweden. But I was surprised this summer that everyone (where I live and around) was doing distancing properly and without any questioning and/or hesitation.
Generally Swedes are very hygienic.
The problem is with old and already sick people.
To whoever that anon is, there is plenty of stupid Swedes. Around 14% to be precise.
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