The Stockholm region may have reached day zero, that is, when the curve of seriously ill starts to rise very steeply.

- It's not unbelievable that it has. But we need a few days to know, says Anders Tegnell.

He points out that what from the Stockholm region last night was described as a "storm" concerns the health care situation in Stockholm, while what the Public Health Authority earlier on Wednesday called "stable" concerned the epidemic in the country.

- There is no discrepancy. It can also happen in four hours, says Tegnell.

"Difficult to understand quarantine effects"

According to Anders Tegnell, it is not relevant to quarantine Stockholm and other major cities.

- In Finland and other countries where different areas have been included, there have been small areas that have been geographically well separated. It has not been a capital, because the effects of it are very difficult to see and it is practically impossible, says Anders Tegnell.

According to Anders Tegnell, it is also not certain that it would be particularly effective to quarantine Stockholm because the infection has spread in large parts of Sweden.

- In Sweden we have the most spread in the big cities but see the spread in all parts of the country. If one makes an overall assessment of the likelihood of shutting down the big cities, the effect would be very questionable, since we have spread throughout the country, says Anders Tegnell.

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Tegnell: "It's starting to go up pretty fast now" Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT