Sweden’s controversial ‘herd immunity’ strategy to combat Covid-19 is beginning to gain traction elsewhere in Europe, as its virus case rates continue to fall. Since the onset of the pandemic, the Swedish government has averted any lockdowns and instead used…
Dr Tegnell is the state epidemiologist in Sweden and the head of the department of Monitoring and evaluation at NPA. The responsibility includes AMR issues and HIV prevention and the general surveillance and control of communicable diseases at national level.…
In an interview with FRANCE 24, Swedish chief epidemiologist Dr. Anders Tegnell, the man in charge of Sweden’s strategy to fight Covid-19, defends his country’s specific approach. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news…
Across the United States authoritarians are clamoring for a return to lockdown over what they claim is a resurgence of coronavirus infections. Despite the data not supporting that conclusion, they want to shut the economy down and further destroy life…
Sweden’s unorthodox approach to handling the health crisis has made headlines throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike most European Union members, the Swedes did not impose any strict lockdown measures. While the relaxed strategy is expected to ease the impact on…
