Fewer press conferences on COVID-19 over the summer
Beginning 10 June, the joint press conferences on COVID-19 will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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...
Free Covid-19 tests
Anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19 will be able to get tested. The tests will be free, the Government states. In addition, the number of so-called antibody tests will increase.
National telephone line about the novel corona virus in several languages
The Public Health Agency of Sweden ("Folkhälsomyndigheten") and the regions have announced that the Stockholm Region's telephone line about the novel corona virus in several...
Changes to the advisory against travel
After 29 July, the advisory against non-essential travel to Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Czech Republic will be lifted.
Changes in travel advisories
The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet, UD) removes the advisory against non-essential travel to Andorra, Poland and Germany after the 15th of July. UD...
Children and adolescents with symptoms of covid-19 are recommended testing
Children and young people who have symptoms of covid-19 are recommended to do so-called PCR tests, in order to be able to go back to school more quickly.
The application for compensation for risk groups is now open
From today, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency is open to applications for compensation for those people who have to refrain from working in order to avoid being infected by the...
Sweden enters into EU agreement on covid-19 vaccine
Sweden will join in an agreement between the EU Commission and Astra Zeneca for the purchase of covid-19 vaccine. This was a governmental decision.
Nursing home visit ban is extended
The government has decided to extend the ban on nursing homes until 30 September.