Covid-19: Sweden limits gatherings to eight people, a shock for the population
A sign reminding customers of social distancing is placed at the entrance of a grocery store in central Stockholm, Sweden, November 16, 2020. Amir Nabizadeh / TT News Agency / via REUTERS
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Faced with the scale of the second wave of the coronavirus, even Sweden is starting to take coercive measures.
Prime Minister Stefan Löfven announced on Monday that public events would soon be limited to eight people.
A real shock in this country which has never confined its population.
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Frédéric Faux
Eight people and no more.
This is the new limit that Swedes will soon have to meet on pain of a fine or a prison sentence of up to six months.
In the restaurant, tables are limited to eight guests.
For public events, shows, cinemas, the bar is also limited to eight spectators.
Suffice to say that they are doomed.
For Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, these measures, which he himself described as unprecedented in the country's history, are intended to mitigate this
second wave of coronavirus
, which arrived later in Sweden but which is now between 10 and 15 deaths per day.
These measures come in addition to the decision to ban the sale of alcohol after 10 p.m., which will take effect on Friday.
This limit, on the other hand, does not apply to schools, shopping centers, workplaces and especially private gatherings.
For these particular situations, Sweden continues to give recommendations.
“
Don't go to the gym, don't go to the library, don't have dinner, don't have parties.
Cancel,
”insisted Stefan Löfven.
Strongly supported recommendations that look more and more like orders.
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