Coronavirus: revealing the weaknesses of the Swedish model

In Stockholm, May 8, 2020, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP / Jonathan Nackstrand

By: Anissa El Jabri Follow

With just over 5,000 deaths, Sweden is one of the countries with the highest mortality rate in Europe: almost five times more than its Danish neighbor and up to ten times more than in Norway… 

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Today, the death curve is decreasing, but doubts about the strategy have settled: no strict confinement, an appeal to individual responsibility ... and in the end, in this country hitherto known for the quality of its social model, vulnerable populations, the elderly and immigrants, directly affected.

Coronavirus, revealing the weaknesses of the Swedish model, is a great report by Anissa El Jabri.

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