Coronavirus tracked: Charting Sweden’s disastrous no-lockdown strategy
Sweden’s decision to shun strict Covid-19 containment measures may have kept businesses open, but at what cost?
Sweden has taken the ignominious title of the country with the world’s highest death rate from Covid-19.
The title, which was was briefly held by the UK late last month, comes after Swedish officials decided to ignore the lockdown advice of countless health experts and kept the country largely open during the pandemic.
The number of deaths per capita in Sweden is now more than four-times that of its Nordic neighbours.
