Sweden should have done more to combat coronavirus, health chief says

STOCKHOLM - Sweden should have done more to combat the coronavirus, the epidemiologist behind a national strategy that avoided the strict lockdowns seen in many other countries said on Wednesday .

But, with 443 deaths per million people, it has the eighth-highest number of coronavirus-related deaths per capita in the world, and had the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in Europe for parts of May, according to research group Ourworldindata.org. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, who has promised an inquiry into the handling of the pandemic, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Health and Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren hit back.

"At the same time, we have to admit that when it comes to elderly care and the spread of infection, that has not worked. That is obvious," he said."Too many old people have died here." Dr Tegnell said it was hard to know which measures taken elsewhere might have been the most effective in Sweden.

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