Stricter general guidelines for Skåne
Everyone in Skåne County is urged to refrain from using public transport and visiting shops and shopping centres.
Update to travel advisory for China
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs ("Utrikesdepartementet" or "UD") advises against all non-essential travel to China, with the exception of Hong Kong and Macao. UD...
Official information on the new coronavirus
The Public Health Agency of Sweden considers the risk of the coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, spreading to Sweden to be very low. Here you can find information from competent authorities...
Increased testing for Covid 19
The government has given the Public Health Agency of Sweden the task of making a proposal for how more people can be tested for COVID 19.
WHO:Covid-19 outbreak is a pandemic
The World Health Organisation, WHO, today declared the outbreak of covid-19 to be a pandemic.
Holiday camps are OK this summer
It is important that children are able to continue with their usual activities as much as possible. Therefore, the Public Health Agency of Sweden ("Folkhälsomyndigheten") is...
More restrictive licensing for demonstrations
To reduce the risk of spreading covid-19, the police are now becoming more restrictive with demonstration permits. The background is that the limit of a maximum of 50 persons has...
Changes to the advisory against travel to United Kingdom
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is lifting its advice against non-essential travel travel to United Kingdom. The decision applies from 14th of september.
Upper-secondary schools may use distance teaching
From Monday 23 November, upper-secondary schools may use distance teaching as a complement to teaching on-site in order to reduce crowding in school premises and thereby the risk...
The audience capacity is being raised to 300
The government announced today that the capacity for seated audiences at cultural and sporting events will be raised to 300 people. The decision applies from 1 November.