Sweden says Trump criticism of virus strategy 'factually wrong

FILE PHOTO: Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde attends a news conference with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, February 4, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia NovozheninaSTOCKHOLM: Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde on Wednesday , hit back at US President Donald Trump's criticism of the Swedish approach to fighting the spread of the coronavirus, saying he was wrong to claim authorities were trying to achieve"herd immunity".

Sweden is widely seen as taking a more low-key approach in its attempts to stop the spread of the disease. It's kept primary and secondary schools open, for example and hasn't closed its borders or forced people to stay indoors.Speaking on TV4, Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said Trump's comments were"factually wrong".

Linde said that Sweden had adopted a number of tough measures - closing homes for elderly to visitors and holding higher education classes on line."But on the other hand we don't have that total lock-down," she said."That means that some countries think we are not doing anything, but we are doing what is right for Sweden."

At a media conference on Tuesday, Trump said that if the United States had not taken strict social distancing measures, then the country would have suffered more deaths.He said that most countries had adopted the same approach as the United States.Linde also rejected the idea that Sweden had taken a radically different approach to other countries.

"We are doing roughly what most other countries are doing, but we are doing it in a different way. No lock-down and we rely very much on people taking responsibility themselves," she added.Sweden, with a population of around 10 million, had 7,693 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus as of Wednesday and 591 deaths. The United States, with around 330 million people, had over 400,000 cases and 12,857 deaths.

I dont see where it is factually wrong

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