Have good hygiene
  • Avoid touching your face or eyes.
  • Avoid close contact with sick people.
  • Wash your hands frequently with soap and warm water, especially in connection with food handling and after you have been outdoors. If you do not have access to it, handwriting can also be an option.
  • Cough and sneeze in the arm fold or in a handkerchief.
  • Stay home when you are sick.
Avoid visits to the sick and the elderly

According to a large Chinese study, to which the Public Health Authority refers, older people and people with underlying illnesses are over-represented among the severe cases.

- If you have the slightest symptoms, stay home. Do not go to work, definitely do not visit older relatives, but please call and hear how they feel or if they are worried, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said at a press conference.

Do not travel

Many countries have closed their borders, introduced quarantine rules and have burdened healthcare. Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recommends all unnecessary trips outside Sweden. countries. The situation can change quickly. The latest information can be found on the government's website.

Do not contribute to misleading information

In connection with major news events, in principle, always misleading and incorrect statements are spread. It can be about non-scientific advice, fraudsters who want to trick you into money or disinformation.

Therefore, think about and check the source before spreading any claims that you encounter in the flow so that you do not become part of the rumor spread.

Keep up to date

Recommendations and guidelines can be changed several times a day. Therefore, it is important that you try to keep up to date on the latest. You can do this, among other things, by following developments on svt.se, on krisinformation.se or on the website of the Public Health Authority.

If you have symptoms such as fever, cough or respiratory distress and have been in any of the risk areas, you are asked to call 1177. For general questions about the corona virus, please call the national information number 113 13.

Sources: Public Health Authority, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Care Guide 1177