People boarded a strain wagon in Stockholm on September 19, 2020.
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Sweden’s chief epidemiologist has partially calculated the death toll from the country’s high coronavirus in a mild flu outbreak in recent winters. Held accountable.
“While many people die from the flu in the winter, fewer people die in the summer heat waves. In this case, it was Kovid-1 that caused many deaths,” Anders Tagnell, Sweden’s chief epidemiologist, told the Swedish newspaper Dagans Nhieter earlier. . This week.
‘What we have seen now is that in the last two, three years, countries like Sweden have had lower mortality rates for influenza. [also] “The Covid-19 has a very high mortality rate,” he said, according to a Times translation.
“Covid mortality has been very low among people with flu flu like in Norway during the last two winters. The same trend has been seen in many countries. This may not be the whole disclosure but part of it.”
The coronavirus epidemic has received a lot of attention in Sweden because of its decision not to completely lock down its public life and economy. Cases of coronavirus increased in the spring in most of Europe.
Tag’s public health agency instead recommended mostly voluntary measures such as better hygiene, social distance guidelines and working from home if possible.
Bars, rest restaurants rent, most schools and businesses were open, though, and face masks are not widely worn. Visits to elderly care homes were banned in Sweden, however, despite the high death toll of Covid-19 in such institutions, the ban will soon be lifted.
In April, CNBC reported that Sweden’s no-lockdown policy was seen by Tagnell as a way to achieve a degree of mob immunity in the population.
Herd immunity is usually reached in the population obtained by vaccination, while about 60% of the population is considered immune. Although no vaccine is available, scientists are closely watching how exposure and recovery from Covid-19 leads to long-term immunity.
Pursuing animal husbandry immunity has been controversial in Sweden because allowing the virus to spread (despite some measures in place) increases the risk of serious illness and death for vulnerable groups such as the elderly and those with current health conditions. In July, WHO officials warned that patients recovering from the virus would be able to recover, saying some studies suggest immunity may decline after a few months.
Sweden has more infections and deaths than its neighbors, yet, despite having about 10 million people, its neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway have almost doubled their population. To date, about 90,000 cases and 5,870 deaths have been reported in Sweden, according to Johns Hopkins University. In Denmark, by contrast, 25,000 cases have been reported and 641 people have died.
Unlike large European economies such as France, Spain and the UK, which are being described as the second wave of epidemics, again seeing an increase in cases of coronavirus, Sweden was initially thought to have avoided a resurgence. However, the rift between sports teams has come out in recent weeks, and the rising number of cases in the capital Stockholm means the city could now lead to more sanctions.
Stockholm has recently seen a clear increase in all age groups, Tagnell said at a press conference. “We are discussing with Stockholm whether we need some additional possibilities to take steps to reduce transmission.”
Possible solutions could not be introduced, but Stockholm The rise in the Stockholm region could lead to a “very serious situation again”, said Bjorn Eriksen, director of health and medical.
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