Sweden was panned for its controversial approach to coronavirus – but now it has fewer deaths than most other nations, including Australia.
By contrast, neighbouring Denmark, which had a much stricter lockdown, only saw a daily peak of 390 and 22 deaths.
Some are now openly saying that the reason might be because Swedes are increasingly getting herd immunity to the virus.Epidemiologist and director of Sweden’s public health agency Johan Carlson said the country’s residents may be benefiting from not staying at home during the first wave. At one point during the early phases of the pandemic, 19 per cent of Swedes who tested were positive for the virus. Now, despite 120,000 tests a week – a similar figure to New South Wales – a little more than one per cent are positive.
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