- There has been a certain increase in the last four weeks and there will be an increase this week as well and there are quite a few who are ill now, says Helena Ernlund.
On Thursday, five people were hospitalized in Dalarna with a covid -19.
Hard to find substitutes
In healthcare, where staff are tested regularly, the increased spread of infection is noticeable, which means that it can now be difficult to find substitutes in some places.
- It is a new sub-variant of omikron, BA 5, which is most current.
It is more contagious than previously current BA 2, says Helena Ernlund, who states that in healthcare you should continue to wear a mouth guard when you are closer than two meters from a patient.
Stay home with symptoms
- It seems that many have forgotten the pandemic and now go to work with mild symptoms and risk spreading the infection further.
Stay at home if you have symptoms that may be covid, says Helena Ernlund.