Sweden needs to consider shutting down society if healthcare is to cope with a second wave of the coronavirus.
This is what Fredrik Sund, operations manager at the infection clinic at the University Hospital in Uppsala, said in Thursday's Aktuellt.
But legislation on closure is not relevant, according to Social Affairs Minister Lena Hallengren (S).
- I do not see in front of me that we would establish a team that means that we have a total "lockdown".
"Lockdown" has proven, since the pandemic began, to mean a few different things.
We are about to shut down large parts of our society, says the minister.
"Has sharp recommendations"
On Thursday, the Swedish Public Health Agency announced that it is tightening the general councils in two more regions, Södermanland and Kronoberg counties.
Ten of the country's 21 regions have thus introduced stricter local restrictions.
Halland, Jönköping, Skåne, Stockholm, Uppsala, Örebro, Östergötland and Västra Götaland have also introduced restrictions that mean that residents are discouraged from traveling by public transport and from visiting indoor environments such as shops, shopping centers and museums, and to avoid physical contact with other people. than those you live with.
More than seven million Swedes are now subject to local restrictions.
- This means that we have stricter restrictions in virtually all of Sweden.
In my opinion, we have sharp recommendations and attitudes that mean that large parts of society are shut down, says Lena Hallengren.