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Sweden adopts strictest Covid restrictions to date
Richard Milne, Nordic and Baltic Correspondent
Sweden unveiled its toughest restrictions yet to fight coronavirus as Europe’s outlier on Covid-19 is forced to move from recommendations to bans to stem rising cases, hospitalisations and deaths.
Prime minister Stefan Lofven struck a harsher tone on Monday, warning that the situation was “going to get worse” in Sweden as he said the limit on public gatherings would be cut from 50 people to eight.
“It is a clear and sharp signal to every person in our country as to what applies in the future. Don’t go to the gym, don’t go the library, don’t have dinner out, don’t have parties – cancel!” Mr Lofven told a press conference on Monday.
Sweden has stood out from the rest of Europe by refusing to order a legal lockdown and instead preferring to rely on recommendations to people to wash their hands, keep a distance, and work from home.
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