Sweden says high virus death toll may be down to elderly surviving flu season

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Sweden's epidemiologist says high coronavirus death rate could be down to large numbers of elderly surviving flu season

Shops, restaurants and schools all remained open as the rest of Europe went into lockdown, with the government advising the population to stick to social distancing and avoid gatherings.

The virus was also allowed to spread virtually unchecked in care homes - which account for nearly half of the country's Covid-19 fatalities. "What has now been seen is that the countries that have had a fairly low mortality for influenza in the last two, three years, such as Sweden, have a very high excess mortality in Covid-19.

 

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