Sweden's ambassador to the U.S. believes the country's controversial strategy of pursuing 'herd immunity' — and not locking down the country — is bearing success, with the capital Stockholm on course to reach herd immunity in the next few weeks.
, there are more than 18,500 confirmed coronavirus cases in Sweden, with 2,194 deaths as of Sunday.
"We share the same goal as all other countries, and that is of course to save as many lives as possible and protect public health," Olofsdotter said."So we face the same reality as everyone else. But what's different, and I think it's important to underline that all countries are different, is that politicians take the measures that they think works best for their country and their general public.
"Once we know how the virus got into our elderly care facilities, the government can make recommendations and take measures to try to stop that, because that is the biggest tragedy of all this, that it has gotten into the nursing homes," Olofsdotter told NPR.
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