Sweden warned on Friday it would shut restaurants and bars in the capital that did not comply with guidelines aimed at preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, amid signs Stockholm residents were beginning to ignore the rules.
FILE PHOTO: People socialize and enjoy the spring, as the coronavirus disease outbreak continues, in Stockholm, Sweden, April 22, 2020. TT News Agency/Anders Wiklund via REUTERS/File Photo
Home Affairs Minister Mikael Damberg said there were worrying signs that as the weather got warmer, people in the capital were beginning to ignore social-distancing rules. “I don’t want to see any full open-air restaurants in Stockholm or anywhere else. Otherwise, businesses will be closed.”Authorities in Sweden have opted against the kind of total lockdown seen across much of Europe, relying on Swedes’ sense of social responsibility with a strategy based on mostly voluntary measures to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.
Stockholm finance chief Anna Konig Jerlmyr said the capital’s authorities would be increasing checks to make sure bars and restaurants were following social distancing rules round the clock.
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