A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP
A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP
World /  Europe

Did Sweden get its coronavirus strategy horribly wrong?

  • Compared to its neighbours, Sweden has adopted far less stringent measures to stem the spread of the virus
  • But Covid-19 comes with so many unknowns that Sweden’s approach has some of its own experts worried

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Bloomberg
Bloomberg

Updated: 5:36am, 1 May, 2020

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A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP
A couple hug and laugh as they have lunch in a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden, on Saturday. Swedish authorities have advised the public to practice social distancing. Photo: AP
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