Article 5146M Swedish PM warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy

Swedish PM warned over 'Russian roulette-style' Covid-19 strategy

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Jon Henley Europe correspondent
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Health experts say attempt to build herd immunity is a 'mad experiment with 10m people'

Criticism is mounting in Sweden of the government's approach to Covid-19, with experts warning that its strategy of building broad immunity while protecting at-risk groups - similar to that initially adopted by the UK - amounted to "Russian roulette" and could end in disaster.

The prime minister, Stefan Lifven, on Sunday night called on all Swedes to accept individual responsibility in stopping the rapid spread of the virus as the number of patients in intensive care in Stockholm continued to rise sharply.

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