The municipality now gives its security guards additional powers to keep track of restaurants, cafes and outdoor restaurants.

- If our certified guards experience doubts, they should contact the restaurant manager on site and ask them to scold or reject guests, says Muharrem Demirok (C).

If the guards do not hear, they write an incident report to the municipality.

- It is passed on to infection control physicians, who can immediately close the serving if they violate the guidelines, he says.

Letters to restaurants

Last week, the municipality also sent out letters to all restaurants about what to do and what the consequences will be if they do not live up to the recommendations, ie that the permits are revoked.

The Public Health Authority, for its part, writes that "Restaurants that do not follow the congestion rules can be closed and checks will be carried out this weekend"

- Now we get a lot of signals that it is not being followed and then it is normal for you to switch to checks, says Anders Tegnell.

The public has reacted in Norrköping

Norrköping Municipality has received a number of views from the public, but has so far not chosen to act.

"There are many people who have reacted to outdoor seating that they do not like following the recommendations," says Maria Sayeler (S) chair of the building and environmental protection committee in Norrköping.

SKR, Sweden's municipalities and regions, now proposes that the County Administrative Board coordinate the work of creating a routine for the municipalities to follow up on how the servings handle compliance.

- We asked the board yesterday if we can start supervising, but the routine we have is that an infection control doctor initiates the supervision and that the municipality is helpful, she says.

Norrköping Municipality has sent out information on how food companies should think and and tips on how to furnish them so that it is easy to keep a distance.

- But we do not have that authority to supervise or withdraw permits, nor have we pressed that opportunity, says Maria Sayeler.