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One of the six WHO special envoys on the pandemic said that Sweden’s strategy could become a model for other countries in the long term.
In an interview with New Zealand radio station Magis, Dr. David Nabarro said that the key to a safe fight against the coronavirus is mutual trust. As an example, he cited Sweden, whose authorities relied on public awareness and the recommendations of the country’s epidemiologists, who did not apply strict quarantine conditions. “In Sweden, the government trusts the people and the people trust the government,” Nabarro said.
The expert also praised New Zealand’s approach to the pandemic – swift, strict and uncompromising – it can be called almost the opposite of the Swedish way – and claimed that the whole world would be reluctant to learn from the country’s government. By the way, now we must look for an alternative to closing (lockdown’ui), emphasized that the word has already been avoided by the WHO itself.
Bloomberg notes that the death rates from COVID-19 in Sweden are significantly higher than in many other countries: 57 deaths per 100,000 population. According to Johns Hopkins University, the country ranks 39th in terms of infections found (more than 84,000 infected) and the death toll is approaching 6,000.
By the way, since the end of June, the country has registered a significant decrease in the number of infected and dead. As a result, the Swedish authorities have proposed raising the threshold for mass gatherings from 50 to 500 participants. At the same time, authorities in other countries are once again tightening measures in anticipation of the second wave of the pandemic.
In an interview, Nabarro described the global shutdown as a “stupid instrument” that “poisons the lives of everyone, especially low-income people and small businesses.” However, it cannot be said that the Swedish economy has not suffered the negative effects of the pandemic: this summer, Sweden’s unemployment rate has reached almost 10% and the country’s GDP will fall by 7%.
In response to comments from WHO Special Envoy, Johan Carlson, Director of the Swedish Public Health Agency, told the local newspaper Svenska Dagbladet: “We are one of the few countries that have managed to limit the spread of the infection. This sets us apart from other European countries where the coronavirus is making a rapid return. I call it the “champagne bottle cap effect”.
But despite everything, Sweden’s strategy has received much criticism, including at the national level. Fredrik Elgh, a professor of virology at Umeå University, cites the high mortality as proof that a “sustainable” fight against the pandemic has not yielded the expected results. “Almost 6 thousand people died. We betray our old men. We need to test and monitor the infection more, but the Public Health Agency doesn’t want to do that, ”he shared his views with Svenska Dagbladet.
At a press conference in Stockholm on August 31, Carlson said: “I think we must be prepared for the next few years.” He warned that it is not worth waiting for everything to be over by the summer of 2021 because there will be a vaccine.
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