During weeks 35 and 36, a total of 5,446 vab applications were received from Uppsala parents to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
In 2019, the corresponding figure was 3,063.
Around the preschools in Stabby in Uppsala, the picture is confirmed that there is high pressure on the vab front.
More or less all the parents we talk to have vomited, and most also feel that they are at home more with sick children after the pandemic outbreak.
Parents are simply more careful about sending away children who have symptoms, and that preschools send children who show signs of infection to a greater extent.
- Both my husband and I are new to the job, so it is clear you would like to be there, says Linnéa Skog who goes to preschool with two children, but where the youngest follows home after leaving.
Employers are affected
At the company Bravida in Uppsala, which works with service and installation in properties, it is felt that more employees than usual are at home and babbling.
- We are happy that our employees take responsibility and are at home with sick children, but it can not be ruled out that it affects our customers.
We get to puzzle more simply, says Magnus Eriksson, regional manager.
Do you long for relief from the Swedish Public Health Agency?
- Well, of course we want everyone to feel healthy, everyone wins.
The clip: Uppslala parents about the wab situation