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On his Facebook page, Ulf Kristersson writes that he is “deeply concerned” by the new information. Now he wants the government to act and introduce an entry ban and for Swedes coming from the UK to be quarantined pending a response.
“Now the government must not repeat the mistake of last spring,” he writes.
Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S) He does not want to be interviewed on Sunday afternoon, but says in a written comment that Sweden is closely following developments.
According to the Swedish Public Health Agency, there are still no established cases of the new variant of the virus in Sweden.
– So far, only a few samples from November and December have been sequenced, so it is not possible to draw definitive conclusions about the appearance of the variant in Sweden, says department head Karin Tegmark Wisell in a statement.
There is the Swedish Transport Agency that it can formally stop flights from abroad, but only after the intervention of the Public Health Agency.
– This is an infection control problem and not an aviation problem. We follow the development, there are no decisions or requests that we use the funds we have to limit the flight, says Gunnar Ljungberg, director of maritime and aviation.
In the spring, the authority made that decision regarding flights from Iran, following accusations from the Public Health Agency.
