Recommendations for the elderly lifted
The Public Health Agency of Sweden has decided that, from now on, people over the age of 70 and othter risk groups will be subject to the same recommendations as all other groups...
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.
Upper secondary schools are advised to switch to distance learning
From 7 December, the country's upper secondary schools are advised to partially close and switch to distance learning until 6 January. This is a recommendation by the Public...
The first confirmed coronavirus case in Sweden
It has been confirmed that a woman in the county of Jönköping is infected with the coronavirus, according to the Public Health Agency of Sweden. This woman recently visited the...
The Public Health Agency – Quarantine rules
Healthy individuals returning from areas in China where there are reported cases of the new coronavirus should be alert to symptoms, but need not be quarantined, writes the...
Easier to socialise if you have antibodies
The Public Health Agency of Sweden deems that people who have received a positive antibody test result can socialise more with family and close friends. This can be of particular...
The Public Health Agency of Sweden: Limit your time in the company of others during the Christmas holidays
From 14 December, regional advice will be replaced by stricter national regulations and general advice, according to the Public Health Agency of Sweden.
The Public Health Agency of Sweden recommends testing of patients who have been to the Tyrol
As of today, the Public Health Agency of Sweden ("Folkhälsomyndigheten") recommends that people who have been in the Austrian state of Tyrol test themselves for covid-19 if they...
Covid-19 came to Sweden from several countries
The Public Health Agency of Sweden has mapped and compared the genome of the corona virus in returning travellers. One of the conclusions is that covid-19 most likely came to...
Stricter general advice announced for Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Östergötland
The Public Health Agency of Sweden and infection control doctors have made a decision on stricter general advice for the residents of Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Östergötland.