- I welcome the decision.

This means that we can track everyone with covid-19, says Maria Rotzén Östlund, infection control doctor in the Stockholm Region.

At the same time, statistics requested by SVT Nyheter Södertälje show that the number of covid tests analyzed in Stockholm County during the autumn is at a fairly even level, despite various reports of testing.

- It has gone down a bit but it is quite difficult to interpret and there have been many vaccinated who have been sampled anyway, for example those who work in health care, says Maria Rotzén Östlund.

As of Monday, everyone with covid symptoms should be tested again, only those who have been diagnosed with covid-19 in the past six months are excluded.

- It makes it much easier for all residents to know what applies.

In the video above, you hear the infection control doctor about the new messages: "Welcome it".