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King of Sweden blasts 'failed' Covid strategy in rare royal rebuke
Criticism of anti-lockdown stance comes as hospitals struggle to cope with surge in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe king of Sweden has said the country’s anti-lockdown coronavirus strategy has failed, as hospitals in the Stockholm region warned they were struggling to cope with a surge in cases and polls showed public confidence in the authorities had plunged to a new low.“The people of Sweden have suffered tremendously in difficult conditions,” King Carl XVI Gustaf told the state broadcaster SVT in an end-of-year interview. “I think we have failed. We have a large number who have died, and that is terrible.” Continue reading...
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