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Schemes are in development from Sweden to China, but there are fears around transmission and social unrestCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt is the question being asked with increasing urgency around the world, at least in countries where the vaccine is already available: how much freedom to live life as it was before the pandemic should be granted to those who have...

Lisa Enroth was chosen from 12,000 applicants to be Gothenburg film festival’s castaway on Pater Noster Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageScandinavia’s biggest film festival is going ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic, but will be hosted on an isolated island and admit only one attendee – a healthcare worker, who has been selected from 12,000 applicants.Lisa Enroth, a Swedish nurse...

Four people recently arrived from UK test positive for variant in Madrid, and one in Sweden Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSpain and Sweden have joined the growing list of countries to have reported cases of the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain.Four cases of the variant have been confirmed in Madrid. All involve people who recently arrived from the...

Champions of herd immunity once lauded the Nordic refuseniks. All that has changed nowCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage“Thanks for reminding me,” Sweden’s state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell replied deadpan when the Observer asked in late March how he handled the knowledge that he would be to blame if Sweden’s decision to forego a lockdown were to go badly wrong.“But seriously,” he continued,...

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...

National assembly votes to extend rule to primary schools as national lockdown startsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChildren in France aged six and over will have to wear face masks in the classroom to keep schools open, the prime minister said on the eve of a second national lockdown.Speaking before the national assembly backed the new restrictions by 399 votes to 27,...