Sweden takes soft approach in tackling COVID-19 compared to other countries

With half world placed under strict lockdown to block spre of dely coronavirus, Sweden is taking a different approach in tackling pandemic. According to reports, Sweden is keeping its schools, bars and restaurants open and is encouraging people to go out for a nip of air. However, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a televised speech on March 22 urged people to take responsibility and work from home if y can. 

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In speech, Lofven also requested citizens to follow government recommendations and practice social distancing to avoid contraction. government has also asked people to stay at home, especially if y belong to risk group or are over 70 years old. Sweden has banned public garings for more than 500 people, which again is being termed as a soft approach because United Kingdom and Germany have banned groupings of more than two people. 

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Media reports suggest that bars and restaurants were full despite government's recommendation and public transport was jam-packed in rush hours. Sweden's parliament has so far simply fast-tracked a bill that would allow closing down of primary and pre-schools. Sweden has shut all international borders keeping in line with European Union. But besides all of this, strict measures have been taken by Swedish government to limit number of people on streets. Sweden has so far recorded 2,299 coronavirus cases of which 40 people have lost ir lives while 143 patients remain under critical condition.

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Coronavirus outbreak

COVID-19 has claimed more than 18,900 lives across world and has infected nearly 4,22,000 people globally since it first broke out in December 2019. China was most affected country until last week, however, Italy surpassed it to record most number of deaths anywhere in world due to COVID-19. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in China's Wuhan city, epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally.  

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Spain, and Iran are most affected countries after Italy and China, where, as of March 24 combined death toll stands at 4,925. France has w also joined list of countries that have recorded more than 1,000 deaths. Health experts believe that hotspot could soon shift to United States, where 782 people have died so far, out of 52,881 confirmed cases that country has recorded since January 2020.

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