Rapid spread of omicrons in several parts of the world

In China, the number of infected people has increased so sharply that the country has once again introduced mass testing and closed down several cities.

The spread of infection is also increasing in the USA, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.

Nor will Europe escape the continuing pandemic.

In France, Italy and Greece, among others, the number of infections has increased recently.

Germany has recently had the highest spread of infection since the beginning of the pandemic.

- I would describe the situation as critical.

The number of infected people has increased sharply and the number of cases with the sub-variant BA.2 is becoming increasingly dominant, said Germany's Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach during a press conference this week.

The situation in Sweden

It is difficult to get an overall picture of how the infection spreads in Sweden as fewer people test themselves than before.

In the past week, an average of 39 infected people have been intensively cared for every day, which is a decrease of 20 percent compared with the week before.