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New criticism on Sweden’s approach towards Covid-19

epa08574298 State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell of the Public Health Agency of Sweden speaks during a news conference updating on the coronavirus Covid-19 situation, in Stockholm, Sweden, 30 July 2020. EPA-EFE/ALI LORESTANI SWEDEN OUT

Emails showing Sweden’s chief epidemiologist asking whether a higher death rate among older people might be acceptable if it led to faster herd immunity, triggered renewed criticism towards the country’s approach to Covid-19.

The Guardian speculation about the views of Sweden’s leading public health officials was further fanned after it also emerged that Anders Tegnell, the architect of the country’s no-lockdown strategy, had deleted some of his emails.

The Guardian

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