Sweden will urge all employees to work from home if possible and impose tighter rules for social distancing, the government said, as it ratchets up restrictions aimed at fighting a surge in new infections of the Covid-19 virus.
The number of new virus cases in Sweden, which sparked international attention last year for its rejection of hard lockdowns, have shot up in recent weeks after a calm autumn when most restrictions were phased out.
While hospitalisations and the number of patients requiring intensive care are still among the lowest per capita in Europe, these have also begun rising.
“We must now take joint responsibility and we need adapt to the new reality,” Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson told a new sconference.
“I understand that many are tired of this – so am I – but we now have a new virus variant, which means we are in a new situation.”
Meanwhile, fresh projections…
