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Looking At Sweden's Approach In Handling Covid-19?

Sweden attracted worldwide attention earlier this year when it stayed open throughout the first m...

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07.32 1 Sep 2020


Looking At Sweden's Approach In Handling Covid-19?


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07.32 1 Sep 2020


Sweden attracted worldwide attention earlier this year when it stayed open throughout the first months of the coronavirus pandemic. But with new figures revealing the incidence of Covid-19 in Ireland is now higher than it is in Sweden for the first time in the pandemic, is Swedish model the best approach?  For more we were joined by Paul Franks, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology at Lund University in Sweden .

 

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