State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of Sweden's Public Health Agency has been sidelined by his government. An epidemiologist who led the no-lockdown strategy appears to have been sidelined by his government. "There's certainly a split, and I'm pretty sure that many in the government have rather lost faith in the Public Health Agency," said Nicholas Aylott, an associate politics professor at Stockholm's Södertörn University. "There is criticism against the Public Health Agency in the government because of that, and because of their lack of stringency in their advice to people," she said. Photo / AP"In the spring, there was a proposal first from the Public Health Agency, but in these latest decisions, the government has made a proposal, and then they have asked for the Public Health Agency to respond," Stenberg said.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 29, 2020 04:18 UTC