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few days, the number of confirmed cases has increased again to the hundreds, and cases in other countries will be examined. The number of confirmed cases is increasing again in Europe, especially in countries that have tightened and released the reins of quarantine, while Sweden, which has been criticized for conducting a group immunization clinical trial on its own people, has improved these days.

Medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will analyze what you can refer to.

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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden is not engaging in lockdown, or strong social distancing.

Because of this, thousands of people were killed in the mass infection of elderly people in nursing homes in April and May, and international criticism was poured out.

This is the current status of Corona 19 in the world as of yesterday (17th).

There are significantly fewer patients in Sweden than in the UK and Germany, which performed strong distancing, which is similar when considering the population.

However, the death toll is about half of that of Belgium, which was evaluated as a successful country in Europe, and even when considering the population.

The number of Corona 19 deaths in Sweden has declined sharply from July and is converging to zero from August.

Experts analyze that Sweden has found enough quarantine contacts that their health care system can afford.

Other countries have implemented strong government-led measures and alleviated them, and the number of patients has surged again, but if Sweden, which has emphasized voluntary control of the people, finds a point of contact, this is expected to be sustainable in the future.

Since Korea has far fewer patients and deaths than Sweden, we cannot use Sweden as a model.

However, we can learn that long-term measures that the people can sustain themselves are more effective than temporary measures with high intensity.

Corona 19 response is not a short-distance race, but a marathon.

(Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)