A top official from The World Health Organization (WHO) praised Sweden on Wednesday as a "model" for the rest of the world, in fighting the novel coronavirus. Ryan, who serves as executive director of WHO's Emergencies Program, praised Sweden's health care system and credited it with making all the right moves from the beginning of the outbreak. "And their health system has always remained within its capacity to respond to the number of cases that they've been experiencing." SWEDEN SEES JUMP IN CORONAVIRUS DEATHS WITH LESS RESTRICTIVE GUIDELINES UNDER SCRUTINYRyan claimed the backlash Sweden has faced for its seemingly lax policies on social distancing is an unfair criticism. "Sweden has put in place a very strong public policy around social distancing, around caring and protecting for people in long term care facilities and many other things," he said.

Source: Fox News April 29, 2020 23:41 UTC