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the Virus hits hard against Sweden, and the situation is uncertain. With big probability it’s going to worsen within it gets better, ” said prime minister Stefan Löfven at a press conference Tuesday.
a Total of 180 people have at the moment died in Sweden as a result of the covid-19. Most were older men. By way of comparison, has 90 died in Denmark, and 36 in Norway.
Wednesday introduces the Swedish authorities ban on visits to nursing homes to protect the elderly against infection. In addition, the politicians imposed on health authorities to test more for koronaviruset.
Beyond these innstramningene encouraged statsminsisteren each Swedish to take a private smitteansvar; be at home if you are sick, suspend planned trips to over easter and at-risk groups to stay inside.
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Sweden is still holding on a liberal line in the fight against koronaviruset. Swedes are advised to not travel out of the country, but most schools, kafér, gyms and other places where people can meet and keep open, if people keep distance and not over 50 pieces.
the Sick and people in at-risk groups are advised to stay at home.
Visestatsepidemiolog Anders Wallensten has had to endure a lot of criticism for The strategy that stands out from a number of countries with less strict measures. He says that the strategy is still correct.
– What we see here, is yet another development which in any case is not very steep, and it is very positive. So we are working on this strategy, ” says Wallensten about the new smittetallene.
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health care Professionals admitted to the intensive care unit
Tuesday it was revealed that three doctors and two nurses in Stockholm has been admitted as patients on the intensive care unit with covid-19. One of them must be on the mend and no longer need intensive care.
It is not known whether the doctors and nurses, became infected at work or in private.
– It is worrying, ” said Clara Strömberg, director and safety delegate at Södersjukehuset in Stockholm, when she was interviewed by SVT.
a Total of 4435 swedes have so far been confirmed koronavirus. 358 of these are admitted to the intensive care unit.
Missing protective equipment
for several weeks representatives of the hospital support staff warned against the lack of smittevernutstyr, like in Norway and in many other european countries.
In addition, there are large differences between hospitals and regions in Sweden when it comes to what kind of smittevernsutstyr each institution believes is necessary to avoid infection.
Swedish health authorities admit that they have no national stockpile for smittevernsutstyr.
– What goes in also goes out. We deal with only the acute needs in the region, said Johanna Sandwall, kriseberedskapssjef.
She says the government is working to resolve the issue, including by redistributing smittevernsutstyret found in the various helseregionene.
don’t Know why there are more dead in Sweden
Director Bjørn Guldvog have currently no explanation of why there are far more deaths after koronasmitte in Sweden than in Norway.
the Question from the Swedish Radio on Tuesday’s daily press conference on koronasituasjonen was about why the difference in deaths was large, while the proportion of intensivpasienter is fairly equal in both countries. In Sweden, it is now 180 which is dead after having been infected by the koronaviruset, compared to 36 in Norway. Sweden has about twice as large population as Norway.
I believe first and foremost that we need to come back to it in the evaluation, says Guldvog.
He emphasizes that he believes that health services in both countries is very good.
A good part of our intensivpasienter has come back from central Europe, and are relatively young, healthy people with good prognosis. I don’t know the differences well enough to comment on, ” says helsedirektøren.
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