On Friday, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that Sweden chose the right strategy to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, upholding the choice of his government not to embrace a stringent lockdown like many other European countries.
The Swedish COVID-19 death toll currently stands at 5,800, a far higher death rate than neighboring Norway, Denmark, and Finland, who took stronger steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus, causing many to doubt the response of Sweden’s government.
Lofven said in an interview:
“The strategy that we adopted, I believe is right – to protect individuals, limit the spread of the infection, etc,”
“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.”
Sweden depended largely on voluntary measures, as opposed to other countries putting strict mandatory measures into place fairly quickly.
Lofven has also supported the Public Health Agency’s decision not to implement the mandatory wearing of face masks, as other countries had done, to prevent the transmission of the virus.
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