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Sweden tops EU for new cases but says virus is slowing – Bangkok Post
STOCKHOLM – Sweden, whose softer approach to fighting the novel coronavirus drew global attention, has one of the EU’s highest rates of new cases but authorities say the spread is slowing.
STOCKHOLM – Sweden, whose softer approach to fighting the novel coronavirus drew global attention, has one of the EU’s highest rates of new cases but authorities say the spread is slowing.
In the last two weeks, Sweden was only second to Luxembourg in the EU in terms of new cases per capita with new infections more than six times the European Union average.
Unlike most European nations, Sweden never imposed a lockdown and made headlines for its high death toll.
It has kept schools for under-1…
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