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State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell at today’s press conference.
The risk of teachers becoming infected with COVID-19 is lower than for other occupational groups, a new report from the Swedish Public Health Agency shows.
40 new deaths with confirmed covid-19 have been reported in Sweden, according to the Swedish Public Health Agency. Thus, a total of 6,122 infected people have died in the country.
Children under the age of 19 still make up a small proportion of those infected and it is very rare for them to become seriously ill, says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
This means that teachers, preschool teachers and babysitters are at very little risk of being infected with COVID-19, which is confirmed by new data from the Swedish Public Health Agency.
– It is not higher than other occupational groups, rather lower, says Anders Tegnell.
Higher risk for directors
The regions inform the Swedish Public Health Agency that the spread of infection that has taken place, for example, in schools has occurred among staff. The infection among children and adults is less.
Of the school staff, principals are the most at risk of infection, according to the Swedish Public Health Agency, because they interact the most with adults.
The fact that more countries are once again tightening restrictions are keeping schools open can be seen as proof that children are not driving the spread of the infection, Tegnell says.
30 percent of covid-19 in VAT
A total of 171,365 people have been confirmed to be infected with covid-19 in Sweden.
Currently, 128 patients with Covid-19 are cared for in intensive care. This means that approximately 30 percent of all intensive care patients are now Covid-19 patients.
– National capacity is good, says Johanna Sandwall, head of crisis preparedness at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
12 regions are still in normal mode and 9 regions are in so-called personal mode or boost mode.
– Three of these nine are in boost mode, which is one level above staff mode. This is followed by a catastrophic situation, says Johanna Sandwall and then emphasizes:
– We have a much better material starting point than we had last spring.
No national restraining order
Anders Tegnell also emphasizes that the situation is different from last spring, when asked if Sweden is now in a second wave.
– Currently, we have a social diffusion in the vast majority of regions of Sweden. It’s a different situation than what we had in the spring when it was more local. We now have spread across many regions at the same time, which is partly a reason why we see numbers as high as we do, Anders Tegnell responds.
Stockholm has reintroduced a stop to visit the city’s nursing homes. The municipality also wants to introduce a curfew in Gothenburg.
TT: Should a national restraining order be introduced in nursing homes?
– It is an ongoing topic that we discuss. When we speak to the regions, they say that it is extremely unusual that visits have caused the infection to spread in nursing homes, says Anders Tegnell.
Clear rules for nursing home visitation work well today, according to Tegnell.
– We have some doubts about how much this adds (curfew). But the legal aspect must be handled by the regions, says Tegnell.
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