WHO expert believes the world should learn from the Swedish krona strategy

While European countries such as France and Germany are now experiencing a new outbreak of infection, Sweden has managed to reduce the number and prevent large new numbers of infections. This despite the fact that they have not introduced closures.

– We are one of the few countries with a limited spread of the infection, says General Director Johan Carlson of the Public Health Authority to Svenska Dagbladet.

More than 25 million people have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease worldwide and more than 840,000 have died from the virus. The most affected countries are the United States, Brazil and India.

Sweden never introduced major restrictions and closures like many other countries did, immediately leading to high rates of infection and death.

So far, 83,958 people have been diagnosed with coronary heart disease in Sweden and 5,821 have died from the virus, according to Worldometers. But new infection rates are declining in Norway’s neighboring countries, according to the latest statistics from Swedish health authorities.

By comparison, the number of infections in Norway exceeds 10,631 and 264 deaths.

– Our assessment has proven to be correct. The strategy must endure over time. We are one of the few countries with a limited spread of the infection, unlike several countries in Europe where the infection reappears abruptly. I call it the champagne cork effect, says Carlson.

Praise the Swedish strategy

On the Australian radio show Magic Talk, listeners were able to hear WHO expert and special adviser David Nabarro refer to Sweden on how New Zealand should handle the new infection rates.

Nabarro believes that New Zealand health authorities should not have closed the city of Auckland, a city of 1.6 million people. Auckland is now under total “lockdown”.

– We have to get away from the confinement to be able to live with the virus. Instead, authorities should have resources to detect infections and encourage people to live normally.

“The alteration of people’s lives should be minimal,” Nabarro said.

At the same time, Nabarro says that when countries now find an increase in infection, they should look at how Sweden has handled the crown. Then he mentions that the country has managed to reduce the infection without major interventions.

– The most important thing you can learn from Sweden is that people trust authorities and authorities trust people.

Outbreaks in France and Germany

On Friday, French health authorities registered 7,000 new cases of infection. This is a sharp increase from the last three months.

According to the health authorities, this means that 20 per cent of French regions have 30 positive tests per 100,000 inhabitants.

The trend has prompted French President Emmanuel Macron to tell French media that he is not ruling out a new shutdown, but that he will do everything in his power to avoid a shutdown. Please inform Euronews.

At the same time, they introduced an order for masks in Paris on Friday, and in several French regions, people must wear a mask at work starting Tuesday.

Following a new outbreak of infection in recent weeks, the German authorities decided to once again ban large gatherings of people. The ban will apply until December 31.

It comes after 2,034 new cases of infection were registered in a day a week ago, the highest number since April.

People also risk being fined 50 euros if they do not wear a mask on public transport. The order has sparked massive protests in the capital Berlin in recent days. (Terms)Copyright Dagens Næringsliv AS and / or our suppliers. We would like you to share our cases via a link, which leads directly to our pages. Copying or other use of all or part of the content may only be done with written permission or as permitted by law. For more terms, see here.