Sweden Begins to Selectively Lockdown Regions

Sweden has begun regional lockdowns in response to COVID-19 outbreaks by establishing new rules for about 170,000 citizens living in the Uppsala region. These residents have been asked to work from home and avoid social gatherings. However, the new rules do not affect schools or restaurants.

‘It is not a lockdown as that would mean that you shut down the whole society,’ said Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden’s liberal approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Amedpost on October 20, 2020.