Coronavirus in Sweden: the government admitted that it is increasing …

The government of Sweden, which, from the start of the pandemic, was given as an example by various sectors of the antiquarantine because of its lax policy of restrictions against coronavirus, admitted on Tuesday that underestimated the resurgence power of the virus in the country, which is now going through a second wave.

“I think most healthcare professionals haven’t seen the wave in front of themThey spoke from different sources, ”Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said in an interview with Aftenposten newspaper.

The frankness of the official, who heads a Social Democratic-Green coalition, came hours before a commission examining Sweden’s handling of the pandemic released its preliminary findings.

Over the summer, Sweden’s forward-looking minority government said a commission would be appointed once the crisis was over, but the development of the pandemic prompted it to act sooner.

In mid-November, Anders Tegnell, the designer of the Scandinavian country’s pandemic policy, admitted that they are experiencing significant further spread to all regions.

“The situation is more serious than we thought“admitted the epidemiologist, head of the Public Health Agency (FOHM). Tegnell had previously predicted that the number of infections in the Swedish spring would be” quite low “because of the anti-containment policy pursued by the country. was so.

Coronavirus in Sweden

The Swedish statistical agency (SCB) reported on Monday a total of 8,088 deaths in November (figure which includes other causes unrelated to the pandemic). It’s about highest mortality ever reported in the Scandinavian country in the first year of the Spanish flu that hit the world from 1918 to 1920: in November 1918, 16,600 people died from this disease.

During this 2020, Sweden had 320,098 infections by coronavirus and 7,514 deaths linked to the virus, a number much higher than their neighbors.

In the fall, the Scandinavian country saw a rapid increase in new cases of the coronavirus. One of the problems she is currently facing, the Swedish authorities have admitted, is that infections spread quickly among medical personnel.

Few restrictions

At the start of the pandemic, Sweden went against most countries and opted for a lax policy against the coronavirus, no mandatory foreclosure or business closure. On the contrary, he was inclined to make recommendations appealing to the individual responsibility of the people.

This earned him recognition from several sectors of the antiquity, including representatives of the Argentine opposition, who weighed on the absence of restrictions and made the country an example of management.

However, the policy adopted by Sweden quickly demonstrated its defaults. The authorities themselves were responsible for making a self-criticism and review your means of controlling the pandemic: It was decided to ban public gatherings of more than 8 people, to allow the sale of alcohol only until 10 p.m. and to fix the closure of nightlife at 10:30 p.m. Meanwhile, it has been established that institutes and universities are turning to virtuality until January.

However, the Public Health Agency, responsible for defining the guidelines, still does not recommend the use of masks outside of hospitals or nursing homes, considering that the scientific evidence is insufficient.

Sweden was the most affected state in Scandinavia, although far from countries like Spain, Italy, France or the United Kingdom: its death rate of 73.79 per 100,000 population is five times that of Denmark and ten times that of Norway and Finland.