It has faced a great deal of criticism from around the world,
particularly from its neighbours Norway, Finland and Denmark, but
Sweden is refusing to consider a total lockdown in the face of the
coronavirus.
The nation's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has defended
the actions of his government, stressing that far from being
COVID-19 denialists, his government is simply following the advice
of the country's health authorities – which essentially
say that it's better to 'spike the curve' and allow
everyone to risk infection and develop immunity, while imposing a
lockdown on the elderly and frail, than to stretch the issue out
for a protected period of time, which can result in far more deaths
in the longer term and have catastrophic consequences for the
economy.
