The press conference held at the Disaster Medicine Center in Linköping is attended by regional director Krister Björkgren, infection control doctor Britt Åkerlind, governor Carl Fredrik Graf, municipal director Paul Håkansson, Linköping and deputy municipal director Anna Thörn, Norrköping.
As of today, the Swedish Public Health Agency urges everyone staying in Östergötland County to:
Refrain from staying in indoor environments such as shops, malls, museums, libraries, bathhouses and gyms.
Necessary visits to, for example, grocery stores and pharmacies can be made.
Refrain from participating in, for example, meetings, concerts, performances, sports training, matches and competitions.
However, this does not apply to sports training for children and young people born in 2005 or later.
If possible, avoid having physical contact with people other than those you live with.
This means, among other things, a dissuasion from arranging or participating in a party or similar social gathering.