Sweden eliminated from this Wednesday all the restrictions in force due to the coronavirus pandemic due to the high percentage of the vaccinated population and the less dangerous nature of the omicron variant.
Sweden thus joins Denmark, the first country in the European Union (EU) to lift all restrictions on the 1st, and no longer considers the COVID-19 a “critical” disease for society, although the high contagion in the country remains, with record figures.
The restaurant will be able to continue open from today after 11 p.m. and all capacity limits in public events will disappear, as well as the recommendation to work from home, to reduce contacts indoors and to use the mask on public transport, which in Sweden it has never been compulsory.
However, some advice is maintained, such as staying home if you have symptoms, five-day quarantine for infected health personnel and avoiding crowds for the unvaccinated.
Travelers from the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) will be able to freely enter Sweden without having to present an identity test. coronavirus.
83.8% of Swedes over 12 years of age have received the full course of the vaccine, and 53.1% of those of legal age, the booster dose.
After betting on many recommendations and appealing to individual responsibility in the first wave, the Swedish authorities introduced more restrictions from the second in autumn 2020 and have maintained that line since then.
The Swedish mortality rate is 157.31 per 100,000 inhabitants, more than double that of Denmark and five times that of Finland, but below most European countries.
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Source: Gestion
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