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After the government’s national ban on visiting nursing homes recently expired, the city of Stockholm decided to introduce a local ban.
The Stockholm Administrative Court now rules that the municipality’s decision is against the law and revokes it with immediate effect.
The municipality has stated in its correspondence with the court that this was not a prohibition, but a strong recommendation. But the court now decides that it was indeed a ban and that no such thing was allowed to be introduced.
– The City of Stockholm’s decision to stop visiting the city’s nursing homes and care is designed in such a way that in practice it has the same effects on the individual as a restraining order, says Louise Molin Alfredsson, Councilor for the Stockholm Administrative Court, in a press release.
To DN, Finance Advisor Anna König Jerlmyr (M) has previously said:
– However, we were able to introduce a visit ban this spring from the city of Stockholm, a decision that was later also taken at the national level. We are not talking about a ban, but about a curfew. In individual cases, such as when a person is in the final stages of life, exceptions can be made. But we have a situation with an increasing spread of the infection and now you are responsible for making decisions about the restrictions.
It was established that the restraining order would apply until today, with the possibility of an extension, but now it ceases to apply with immediate effect.
– Even in a crisis, politicians must be able to keep a cool head and respect people’s rights, says Sten Storgärds, a lawyer with experience in moderates, who appealed the municipality’s decision.
– I cannot decide if a nursing home restraining order is justified by the spread of infection, but Anna König Jerlmyr cannot decide either.
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