STOCKHOLM - Sweden, whose controversial softer approach to curbing Covid-19 has received worldwide attention, said Thursday it would keep encouraging people to work from home when possible, as the country passed 80,000 recorded cases.
Aimed in part at reducing crowding on public transport, the measure is designed to make things easier for those who need to physically go to work. But the country's Public Health Agency noted that"if our contacts go up again there is a considerable risk of a new spread during the autumn".
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