Sweden may have avoided coronavirus second wave by not chopping and changing rules like the UK, country’s top doc says
SWEDEN may have avoided a second wave of deadly coronavirus by being consistent with its rules, the country's top doctor has said.
While playing down reports that Swedes may have developed "herd immunity", Tegnell said the differences between his country and the likes of Spain and the UK are clear.“I think the main difference between Sweden and many other countries is that we have had the same kind of restrictions and recommendations in place the whole time."And that makes a difference, that makes us hopefully less susceptible to a second wave.
Dr Tegnell said the restrictions had to be as minimal as possible in order for them to be enforced for a sustained period of time. He said: “Maybe we'll have the same experience in a few weeks' time, we'll see, but as I said, I think the big difference is that Spain had a strict lockdown and then opened up again, and then you do get back to quite a lot spread of disease."
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