Faced with the Covid-19 epidemic, Sweden wants to empower young people
Swedish high school students celebrate the end of high school on June 3, 2020 in Stockholm.
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In many European countries, the increase in contaminations mainly affects young people.
In Sweden, the authorities have decided to explicitly denounce the behavior of these young people, and more specifically of the students, who do not respect government recommendations.
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With our correspondent in Stockholm,
Frédéric Faux
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Regarding student parties, there are unfortunately many of you who do not take your responsibility… We cannot let universities become centers of transmission!
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The words of Matilda Ernkrans, the Swedish Minister for Higher Education, were unequivocal.
The 400,000 Swedish students are perhaps not the only ones responsible for the increase in contamination in Sweden, but it is in their age group that we find the most sick today.
This is not a problem for them, this population being very little affected by the serious forms of the disease.
But it can be much more tragic for the older ones, which they can infect.
No holiday ban
For the health authorities, it is not a question of banning parties, but of organizing them by respecting a few rules: no more than 50 people, stay in your usual group of friends, and - this is the main recommendation in Sweden - keep your distance.
►Also read: Faced with the pandemic, Sweden is an exception by refusing to wear a mask
For now, the goal is to educate young people.
But if this contamination is accelerating, it is another threat weighing on students: that of the closure of universities, as had already been the case between March and July.
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