Twice as many dead, three times as many intensive care patients and a fourfold increase in the number of people who have been diagnosed with corona.
This is how the Swede sums it up newspaper Aftonbladet this year’s autumn compared to last year.
In weeks 34 to 37 last year, 5,811 Swedes were infected, hospitals received 31 new intensive care patients, and 54 people died with covid-19.
In the same weeks this year, the numbers are significantly higher: 28,179 were infected, 128 were admitted to the intensive care unit, and 107 died, according to statistics from the Swedish National Institute of Public Health.
25 percent not vaccinated
September 29 follows the Swedes after Norway, and removes all restrictions on restaurants and bars. Björn Olsen, chief physician and professor of infectious diseases at the University of Uppsala, is concerned.
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– The figures clearly signal that the pandemic is on the rise again. It is deeply unfortunate to then lift the restrictions and signal that the worst is over. It is not a good reconnaissance into the future, he says to the newspaper.
He further explains that 25 percent of the population has not been vaccinated, and that the number of infections and deaths is likely to increase.
Good with vaccine passes
The superior also has a clear call for what needs to be done to reduce the number of infections in the neighboring country.
– Increase the degree of vaccination, call in individuals, and carry out more outreach activities. In particular, one must be much more active in the areas where few people have been vaccinated.
He is also very pleased that the Swedes have introduced corona passports.
– It is good. Those who have been vaccinated are generally not particularly interested in meeting people who have not been vaccinated, when we have a spread of infection in society.
