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Now special tips are being introduced for three more regions in Sweden due to the infection status. In addition, stricter rules are introduced for parties in restaurants.
Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren (S), Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) and Swedish Public Health Agency Director General Johan Carlson will hold a press conference in government offices on stricter advice on more regions and for restaurants.
The general guidelines are stricter for Halland, Örebro County and Jönköping County.
– This means that seven out of ten Swedes receive stricter advice, says Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) at a press conference on the situation of the pandemic in Sweden.
The council may look a little different depending on where you live, says Löfven.
– What we do now will make a difference in the kind of Christmas celebration we should have, he says.
The prime minister also announced stricter rules for restaurant visits. More than eight people cannot sit at the same table in a restaurant, Stefan Löfven announced.
– Now everyone has to tune up. Now all citizens must take responsibility, he says.
– We know how dangerous this is. We have almost 6,000 dead.
Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren (s), who also attended the press conference, said the government is aware that the rules and restrictions are tempting.
– The pandemic continues. We are ten million Swedes who lack a normal life, but if we want to go back there, we must take new steps, says Hallengren.
A key part of the Swedish strategy is taking the right action in the right place. That is what is happening now with the regional councils, he says.
– If new national measures and restrictions are needed, they will be taken. An example of this is the current new restrictions for bars and restaurants.
Local setting means that it is very important to pay attention to what applies where you live.
– Every Swede has a great responsibility to follow the advice with which he has to relate, he says.
Johan Carlson, CEO of the Swedish Public Health Agency, stresses that the situation is dire.
– This means that a large part of Sweden has stricter general advice at the local level.
Now everyone must strictly relate to them if they are covered by them, he says.
– In other places, the basic advice also applies, which is also quite intrusive. They must also be followed.
It’s important in regions now to be able to meet the need for infection testing and tracking, says Carlson.
– Extensive testing means that regions are approaching the maximum limits of testing capacity. Therefore, the capacity must now be expanded.
Additional resources must also be mobilized in the regions to have a good infection tracking.
– What is being done now will be a joy in the future and may prevent major reprioritization of care as a consequence of multiple patients.
It’s important to think long term, says Johan Carlson.
– We have a long and hard winter ahead. We all need to do everything we can to combat the spread of the infection.
