Sweden almost normal in the middle of a coronavirus epidemic

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While most countries have chosen containment, Sweden has chosen to fight the coronavirus by taking action, but gradually. Photo: Stockholm April 1, 2020. Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP

By: Frédéric Faux

Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, many countries have chosen a more or less generalized containment of their population to limit the spread of the epidemic. But this is not the case for Sweden. The Nordic kingdom, with a last toll yesterday of 333 dead, is not spared. But schools and businesses remain open there, and everyone can come and go as they please almost as before.

  • Sweden
  • Coronavirus
  • Animal health

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