On January 24, 2020, European media will report on the first two cases of the new coronavirus from China, sars-cov-2, in Europe.
January 24, 2020. Photo: lemonde.fr
French Le Monde January 24, 2020.
State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, who is not yet popularly known but is described as an "infection control expert" by SVT Nyheter, says that we do not need to be worried in Sweden.
Barely a week later, the first case is established in Sweden, on 31 January, in Jönköping.
Tegnell still believes that "the risk of a widespread spread in Sweden is low".
January 31, 2020. Photo: SVT
SVT News 31 January 2020.
Concerns on the stock market
The corona virus is now spreading all over the world and a growing concern is reflected in the world's stock exchanges.
February 28 marks the end of the worst stock market week globally since the financial crisis in 2008.
Companies also give notice of termination in Sweden.
Among other things, SAS and the hotel chain Nordic choice are each warning thousands of employees.
On March 12, the Stockholm Stock Exchange will fall 11 percent in just one day.
February 28, 2020. Photo: wsj.com
American The Wall Street Journal February 28, 2020.
WHO: It's a pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization, WHO, declares that the ongoing spread of sars-cov-2 is a pandemic.
This is the first time since the 2009 swine flu that the WHO has issued a pandemic.
March 11, 2020. Photo: BBC News
British BBC 11 March 2020.
As a whim of fate, the first person in Sweden dies in the suites of covid-19 the same day.
The first death occurs in Stockholm.
March 11, 2020. Photo: Expressen
Expressen 11 March 2020.
Restrictions and end of toilet paper
Over the next two weeks, Sweden will face several restrictions that still apply today.
Among the Swedes are encouraged to work from home as much as possible.
March 16, 2020. Photo: Expressen
Expressen 16 March 2020.
A national hysteria to bunker toilet paper is spreading and store shelves are empty.
At a press conference, the Prime Minister called for calm and said that the supply chains "will work".
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Shelves that are empty, but more goods should be on their way to this store.
At the same time, retailer Kjell Jonsson wants customers to buy sensibly.
Photo: SVT
Crack between generations
The call for the elderly to isolate themselves - not to meet family and grandchildren - is met with skepticism from the elderly population.
The debate is hot on social media, on submitter pages and in Swedish Radio's P1 morning.
March 17, 2020. Photo: Dagens Nyheter
Dagens Nyheter 17 March 2020.
Irena Pozar, editor-in-chief of Veckorevyn, writes in Expressen that "the old people must sharpen up" while Barbro Hedvall in a DN editor explains why they over 70 do not want to stay at home.
Fear: Becoming like Italy
In mid-March, the Swedish health service reports that they are treating covid disease in the intensive care unit.
Initially, it is about 10, 15 and 20 people.
Today, a year later, we know that a total of 5,300 people in Sweden received IVA care for covid-19.
March 17, 2020. Photo: Aftonbladet
Aftonbladet 17 March 2020.
In Italy, the development in March 2020 is catastrophic with hundreds of deaths every day.
At the end of March, SVT Nyheter broadcasts a popular feature from a hospital in northern Italian.
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SVT's European correspondent Christoffer Wendick on site in one of northern Italy's hard-pressed intensive care units.
Photo: Filip Huygens, SVT
The scenes that take place in Italy frighten the Swedes at the same time if sports holiday trips to and from the Alps in northern Italy are in full swing.
"Swedish strategy"
Before the end of March, Sweden excels internationally.
Even though Sweden is introducing a number of restrictions during March 2020, other countries have already gone much further.
March 25, 2020. Photo: SVT News
SVT News March 25, 2020.
Danish schools are closed, not Swedish.
Sweden has a maximum ceiling of 500 people at meetings, while Germany and the United Kingdom at the same time have a maximum ceiling of two people.