'They are leading us to catastrophe': Sweden's coronavirus stoicism begins to jar
There's a surreal calm in the last country in Europe to hold out against lockdown. But the death toll is rising and some are voicing dissent
The iresund Bridge - yes, that bridge - is an engineering marvel linking the Swedish city of Malmi and Copenhagen that normally transports 70,000 people daily. It has fallen eerily silent. Denmark is under coronavirus lockdown, and the Danes have imposed strict border controls. On the Swedish side, the iresund remains open, although, understandably not many are making that journey.
It feels surreal in Sweden just now. Working from my local cafe, I terror-scroll through Twitter seeing clips of deserted cities, or army trucks transporting the dead in Italy, surrounded by the usual groups of chatty teenagers, mothers with babies and the occasional freelancer.
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