Sweden Hits Back at Trump’s ‘Herd Immunity’ Criticism

Sweden is under scrutiny for having a laxer coronavirus policy response. — Sweden is under scrutiny for having a laxer coronavirus policy response.
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By Rafaela Lindeberg

April 9, 2020 at 7:44 AM UTC

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Sweden’s foreign minister Ann Linde has dismissed criticism by U.S. president Donald Trump concerning the country’s outlier strategy to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.