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More Swedes have died in Sweden than in any other country in the Nordic region.
But this week there were reports from both Denmark and Norway of larger crown buds than before.
The WHO Department of Disaster Preparedness has said it is “really exaggerated” to call the Swedish strategy irresponsible.
At the same time, more and more countries have started to act more like Sweden, leaving schools, restaurants and shops open.
But at one point, Sweden continues to receive criticism: the oral protection strategy.
“Remove one of the important measures”
Antoine Flahault, professor of epidemiology at the University of Geneva, tells SvD that this is a “serious mistake”.
David Nabarro, covid-19 special envoy at the WHO and director of the Institute for Innovation in Global Health at Imperial College London, agrees.
– It is unfortunate to dismiss mouth guards. This removes some of the important measures that will protect us from infection, he tells the newspaper.
The director of the Belgian Institute of Public Health, university professor and virologist Marc Van Ranst, believes that “a country like Sweden” should definitely have requirements for oral protection in public transport.
But the Swedish Public Health Agency remains skeptical. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has opened up to “symbolic” mouth protection at the local level.
At the latest Swedish Public Health Agency press conference, Johan Carlson emphasized that Sweden has also not seen an increase in infection after the summer.
– There we have spoken with colleagues from other countries who see problems in going from an abrupt “blockade” to then move on to this situation, he says.
