Sweden Readies Tougher Lockdown Rules Amid Third-Wave Fears

The Swedish government fleshed out tougher new measures under pandemic laws to help the country cope with a potential resurgence in Covid-19 cases.

“There is a significant risk of a third wave of infection,” Sweden’s minister for health and social affairs Lena Hallengren told reporters on Wednesday. Amid “a concerning” increase in cases over the past week, the government is proposing five new measures making it easier to “shut down parts of Swedish society,” she said.