Sweden's chief epidemiologist today said 'shutting more hasn't been shown to be a success story' despite rising Covid-19 infections and intensive care admissions. 'To shut more hasn't been shown to be a success story', Tegnell said in an interview in daily Dagens Nyheter. Sweden's government and public health authority have conceded they failed to protect the elderly, especially in care homes. Sweden's excess mortality has also been measured as lower than in Britain, where some MPs have looked admiringly at the Swedish approach. Preliminary data from EU agency Eurostat, analysed by Reuters, showed that 21 of the 30 countries with available figures had higher excess mortality than Sweden's 7.7 per cent.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2021 11:19 UTC