Last week, 200 children and young people aged 10–19 received a positive covid test.
And among the youngest, where testing is not usually done to such an extent, there has been a doubling of confirmed cases in two weeks.
Even though more children are getting sick now, there are still few children who get so sick that they need hospital care, according to Signar Mäkitalo, infection control doctor in Region Sörmland.
In the clip above, Signar Mäkitalo talks about how the British mutation affects the spread of infection and why school staff will not be allowed to take the lead in the vaccine queue.