Does Sweden have the answer to living with Covid-19?
by Presented by Anushka Asthana and reported by Jon H from on (#598FV)
All over the English-speaking world, conservative commentators have latched on to Sweden's approach to coronavirus as a shining example other countries should follow. The country has managed to avoid enforced lockdowns but what did it do differently? And could the Scandinavian country's methods be adapted for elsewhere?
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When politicians across the world were confronted by the reality of a spreading pandemic, with hospitals nearing capacity and deaths rising, almost all of them reached for emergency legislation to enforce lockdowns, curfews and other bans on social gatherings. But Sweden chose a markedly different approach.
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