Overcoming COVID-19 Without Lockdowns and Masks, What Is the Fate of This Country?

This country doesn’t apply lockdown to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Likewise with the use of masks, the Swedish health agency has not recommended wearing masks to all its citizens.

“Sweden does not need face masks yet,” a top health official said on Thursday.

In fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) has updated the COVID-19 guidelines regarding masks. Including students over 12 years old, it is mandatory to always wear a mask, whether in a poorly ventilated shop, workplace, or school.

People who receive guests when the house is poorly ventilated are also required to wear face mask.

However, the Swedish Health Agency insists on refraining from recommending masks. The Swedish Health Agency has argued about their possible effectiveness and fears that masks could be used as an excuse not to undergo isolation while experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.

“Face masks may be needed in some situations. The situation has not emerged in Sweden, according to our dialogue with the (health care) region,” Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s chief epidemiologist, told a news conference on Thursday.

“The WHO makes it clear that the evidence for masks is weak. All the research so far shows that it is much more important to maintain distance than to have a face mask,” he said.

In a bid to stem a severe second wave, Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced on Thursday that secondary schools would shift to distance learning for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, Sweden recorded 35 new COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, bringing the total death toll to 7,007.

Quoted from worldometers, until now there were 272,643 cases of COVID-19 in Sweden.

Sweden’s per capita death rate is several times higher than that of its Nordic neighbors, but lower than some European countries that have chosen to lockdown.

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