Opponents round on Anders Tegnell’s comments about country’s approach to coronavirus.
STOCKHOLM — The debate over Sweden’s controversial no-lockdown coronavirus strategy flared again after its architect, state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, appeared to suggest the country's approach had been flawed.
Lena Einhorn, an author, virologist and high-profile critic of the Swedish approach, said Tegnell’s comments appeared to be “a bit of a tactical retreat.” Speaking to POLITICO after the news conference, Tegnell said his comment that a revised solution would be “between what Sweden did and the rest of the world did” did not represent an about-face, but merely that countries should be willing to learn from each other and improve their approaches.
The number of deaths per million in Sweden, at 450, is below the worst-hit countries in Europe, including the U.K. and Spain, but has now spiked to 10 times that of Norway and eight times that of Finland.
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