You need to place trust in the public and that is what we did in Sweden,” said Dr Anders Tegnell, state epidemiologist at Sweden’s Public Health Agency. With the question of when to relax the shutdowns becoming a hot topic, as economic output shrinks in many countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) also updated its advice on when to lift Covid-19 lockdown orders. At the moment, Dr Tegnell said, most decisions being taken around the world to control the Covid-19 virus have very little scientific evidence. “Adherence to public health measures is critical to reducing transmission. Under an effective lockdown, citizens are required to stay at home, assemblies are limited to a single-digit threshold, and even as they do not technically qualify as gathering many businesses are forced to remain shut.

Source: The Express Tribune May 08, 2020 23:26 UTC