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There is still a wide spread of the infection in Skåne. The number of hospital admissions is approaching 300, for the day more precisely 291. That’s more than three times more than when it was at its worst this spring. At the same time, the average number of recently confirmed covid cases per day is 1,093 last week.
Gilbert Tribo (left), regional councilor and chair of the health and medical care committee, told SVT on Tuesday that he believes the government should close the border with Denmark.
– I understand that it is not an easy compensation. But when you see that there are a lot of people in all the stores and there are a lot of Danes in the malls up to Kristianstad, then you feel like something needs to be done, he tells SVT.
– When we send our high school students home for distance learning, it is time to tell the Danes: “Please don’t come here right now! Stay at home!”
“It is unreasonable”
If the government does not want to close the border, it wants ministers to encourage Danes to stay home.
– We have a very tense situation in both Skåne and Denmark and the situation is very difficult. Therefore, it is not reasonable that when the people of Skåne are urged to keep their distance, the Danes do the opposite and visit the Skåne malls and shopping centers, he develops for Kvällsposten.
– It is important, regardless of whether you are Danish or Swedish, that you keep your distance and follow the guidelines that apply in both countries. We absolutely must support our entrepreneurs, but it is not appropriate or appropriate to stay in malls and larger groups right now.
On Monday, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that the country will close all restaurants, cinemas and theaters in 38 municipalities over Christmas and the New Year and that all children from the age of five will be homeschooled. Among the municipalities affected is Copenhagen.
Sonesson: “Unfortunately I was not obeyed”
However, the president of the regional board, Carl Johan Sonesson (M), does not allow Gilbert Tribo to close the border.
– I don’t think you should close the border in the Sound. On the other hand, you shouldn’t take pleasure trips between Sweden and Denmark at this time, he says.
Carl Johan Sonesson, on the other hand, strongly criticizes the government’s failure to close upper secondary school earlier.
– People nationwide would have listened to me when I warned four or five weeks ago about what exactly is happening now. Then I applied for the closure of the high school. Unfortunately, I was not obeyed. Now we see the result, he says.
– The government and the Public Health Agency must answer why they did not want to act long before.
In mid-November, Education Minister Anna Ekström answered the following question about the closure of the upper secondary school during a press conference:
– Other possibilities on how to avoid congestion in school should be investigated before making a decision about distance learning.
