- We have received some answers that are preliminary and indicate that it may be the British.

That is what we have guessed all along, says Lisa Labbé Sandelin, infection control doctor in the Kalmar region to P4 Kalmar on Monday.

- It seems to be that it has a tendency to be more contagious and that it can go quite fast, and that there can be an increased spread of infection at all ages, we have seen, says Lisa Labbé Sandelin.

Ljungnässkolan, which is an F-6 school with about 350 students, reopened teaching on Monday, after being closed for just over two weeks.

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About 50 students and staff at Ljungnässkolan in Mönsterås have been confirmed infected with covid-19.

Photo: Niclas Wimmerberg / SVT