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Today's highlights


* At 8 pm: "One evening together" in SVT1, an evening of music from Sweden's artist elite, while everyone who wants to contribute to the Radio Relief campaign for the people who have been hit extra hard by the situation in the country right now. With Molly Sandén, Peter Jöback, Victor Leksell, Timbuktu and Björn Skifs, among others

SVT · Mikaela Somnell

14 h

Some of the most important news right now:

  • A total of 887 people have died as a result of covid-19 in Sweden.

  • On Friday, 2,108 deaths were recorded in the United States, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. It is the first time a single country has recorded over 2,000 deaths from the corona virus in a day.

  • Over 100,000 people have died in the corona pandemic in the world

  • EU finance ministers agree on a multi-billion package against the corona crisis. Read more here.

  • Löfven open to close restaurants that do not comply with infection control rules. The City of Stockholm will make a targeted effort at Easter.

  • 6 to 8 percent of the world's population is threatened by poverty due to the economic crisis that appears to be an effect of the pandemic, according to a report by the aid organization Oxfam.

SVT · Mikaela Somnell

14 h

Some flashes of light in the corona pandemic


April 11: Spain reports 510 dead in covid-19 on Saturday over the past 24 hours. This is a decrease of 95 people compared to Friday and means that the daily death toll falls for the third day in a row.


April 10: The number of deceased people per day in Spain seems to be slowing down, although many are still dying. 605 people died in the last 24 days, which is the lowest reported number in the last 17 days.


April 9: Researchers at KTH have developed antibody tests that can be used as early as next week.

April 8: Good forecasts for domestic holidays, according to Tegnell.

April 8: Chinese Wuhan lifts its quarantine for more than two months.

March 24: Corona infected can be treated with blood plasma from previously ill.

SVT · Mikaela Somnell

3 hrs

The World Health Organization WHO is on Belarus to introduce more measures to curb the spread of the corona virus, writes the Guardian.

The country currently has 2,226 confirmed cases of covid-19, and 23 confirmed deaths that can be linked to the disease. The WHO states that the country is in a new phase where social dissemination is starting to become visible, and hopes for measures to increase the incidence of social distancing.

President Alexander Lukashenko has been criticized for statements in recent weeks that vodka, sauna and driving tractors can fight the virus.

SVT · Helena Wedin

4 Apr22.32

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SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

Apr 4, 22.33

Some flashes of light in the fight against corona:

  • April 8: Chinese Wuhan is now open again after more than two months quarantine.
  • April 7: In Italy , the number of dead and infected continues to decline. The number of confirmed cases on this day is the lowest figure since March 13. Italy is the country with the most confirmed coronary deaths in the world.
  • April 7: In Denmark , Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen believes that low and middle schools can start opening again from April 15. This is because the number of hospitalized patients has decreased for the fifth consecutive day.

SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

Apr 4, 22.33

373 confirmed deaths of covid-19 in Sweden

To date, 6,443 people have been infected by the coronavirus, of which 89 are new since the last update, and a total of 373 deaths linked to covid-19 have been confirmed. This shows the latest statistics from the Public Health Authority, which have just been published.
The number of IVA-caregivers is 520 people.
There are still more men than women who have been infected, IVA-cared for and dead as a result of the coronavirus.

SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

Apr 4, 22.34

JUST NOW: New figures from Stockholm: Another 225 people have been found infected with covid-19. In total, 2849 people have been found infected in Stockholm. 225 people have died, according to the Stockholm region.

SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

Apr 4, 22.34

A five-year-old child in the UK has died after being tested positive for the coronavirus. The child must have already been in hospital and had several underlying illnesses before being infected by the virus. The death rate was 1 of 708 new corona deaths in the country since Friday, and a total of 4313 Britons who were found to have died of the infection.

SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

Apr 4, 22.34

V wants to limit proposals for more government power
The Left Party is prepared to give the government increased powers to quickly implement coronary-related measures.
But the party wants the law to apply for one month at a time instead of three and that all decisions afterwards must be approved by Parliament. The Moderates also want the Riksdag to have a kind of veto right. (TT)

SVT · Jaqueline Balcer Bednarska

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