Anders Tegnell: "We have had a more extensive first wave"

In Germany, the proportion of coronas infected has increased again, just days after Chancellor Angela Merker announced to ease the restrictions - museums, playgrounds and churches have reopened and a week ago hundreds of students were allowed to go back to school.

But the so-called R-number (which indicates how many people each infected self-infection) has increased to 1.1, according to the German Federal Infection Protection Authority Robert Koch Institute (RKI). An R-number above 1 means that the spread of infection is increasing. As of Friday, RKI estimated that the value was 0.83.

But we do not see such a strong second wave in Sweden, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell believes.

- It is considerably smaller because we have had a more extensive first wave. I do not know exactly but a large proportion of our population is affected, has had the disease and is immune. But countries that quickly came in with very tough measures, there are still many people who can become infected, Tegnell tells SVT and continues. 

Although the second wave in Sweden is said to be milder, Tegnell believes that the corona virus will come back.

- This is not a disease that will disappear. Without it, action will always be needed to keep it away. Or away I never think you can keep it, but rather keep it at a reasonable level, says Anders Tegnell.

Five new deaths were reported during Sunday, which means that 3 225 people have now died with covid-19 in Sweden. Tegnell believes that the development in Sweden is stable at the moment.

- It is a fairly calm development. It's a bit up and down but no sign of us crashing in any direction, says Anders Tegnell.