Since Friday, there have been 1,200 infected and five victims in Sweden, compared to only around 200 a day in the previous few weeks. The Public Health Office said the increase could not be explained by an increase in the number of tests alone.
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Bjorn Eriksson, Director of Health and Medical Services, said: “The declining trend has broken. We can only hope that this is a deviation, that the spread will start to slow down again. That will depend on how we follow the recommendations. “
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Does collective immunity work?
“We have discussed with Stockholm the need to put in place measures to reduce the spread of the infection,” said Swedish chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, “and we will return to exactly what they will be in the next few days.”
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Anders Tegnell
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“So far, this has not affected healthcare, the number of new cases in the ICU is very small and the number of victims is also very low,” added Tegnell, who acknowledged the increase in cases. Because of him, there was speculation in the country about the onset of the second wave, which has already affected a number of European countries, including the Czech Republic, and whether collective immunity works.
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Sweden did not implement tough measures in the spring, primary schools, shops and restaurants remained open, and the country left security to individuals, but almost 6,000 people died there. One of the reasons was to gain collective immunity, without it being clear how long it would protect against the infection.
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However, Professor Kim Sneppen of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, who is an expert on the spread of coronavirus, thinks that Swedes have better immunity and the worst behind them. “There is some evidence that the Swedes have acquired a degree of immunity to the virus, which, along with other steps to stop the spread they are taking, is enough to control the epidemic. The epidemic is probably over, “he told Politiken.
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