While Denmark and Norway closed their borders and imposed strict regulations on their residents, Sweden has introduced relatively few measures. Here's why:
Locals are taking matters into their own hands
However, when running the data through the British models, the number of deaths predicted for Sweden is much higher. “The reason appears to be that Swedish authorities believe there are many infected people without symptoms and that, of those who come to clinical attention, only one in five will require hospitalisation,” said the professors.
” for the Swedish approach: “There is no rebel mood here. Support for the Social Democrats has gone up and people have high confidence in the Institute of Public Health.”According to the Swedish Institute of Public Health’s daily briefing of March 30, the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the country has passed 4,000. The number is very similar to the infection rate in Norway, yet twice as many people live in Sweden.
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