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The Swedish Public Health Agency, FHM, announces that a decision has been made on new rules, or general guidelines, which will come into effect today for people living in Stockholm, Västra Götaland County or Östergötland County. Due to the sharp increase in the number of people diagnosed with covid-19 in these areas, it has been decided that we should avoid shops, events of various kinds and people with whom we do not live. More specifically, the Swedish Public Health Agency writes this:
Refrain from staying in indoor environments such as stores, shopping centers, museums, libraries, bathrooms, and gyms. Visits to, for example, supermarkets and pharmacies can be made.
Refrain from participating, for example, in meetings, concerts, performances, sports training, matches and competitions. However, this does not apply to sports training for children and youth born in 2005 or later.
If possible, avoid having physical contact with people other than those you live with. This means, among other things, discouraging organizing or participating in a party or similar social gathering.
When it comes to business operations and employers, employers should reduce the number of customers in the store at the same time and encourage employees to work from home. FHM writes this:
All activities must take measures so that everyone can follow the general advice in case of local outbreaks of covid-19. This may, for example, mean that the company minimizes the number of visitors at the same time.
Employers must take steps to allow employees to follow general guidelines for local covid-19 outbreaks. These can be measures such as encouraging staff to work from home, offering better conditions to work from home, and postponing business trips, conferences and other physical meetings.
The decision applies from today until November 19.
Above is a video feed of the Swedish Public Health Agency press conference discussing the decision.
