Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs: Advice to anyone about to travel abroad
Due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus, a number of countries have introduced restrictions that may affect travellers. The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has therefore...
Change to risk assessment
The Public Health Agency of Sweden is changing its risk assessment with regard to cases of the coronavirus in Sweden. The risk of the infection spreading among the general public...
Information for travellers concerning the new coronavirus
Cases of infection with the new coronavirus have been confirmed in several countries outside of China. The Public Health Agency of Sweden ("Folkhälsomyndigheten") has therefore...
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...
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs warns against all travel to Hubei province
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Utrikesdepartementet, UD) now warns against all travel to Hubei province but also against non-essential travel to Zhejiang province.
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...
Swedish citizens have been transported home from Wuhan
The Swedish Foreign Ministry ("Utrikesdepartementet") and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency ("MSB") have brought home twelve Swedish citizens from China.
The Swedish government classifies the coronavirus as an illness that is dangerous to society
On 1 February, the Swedish government classified the new coronavirus as an illness that is dangerous to society. This was done as a contingency measure in order for the agencies...
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...
WHO classes the outbreak of the corona virus as an international threat to human life
At a meeting held on Thursday (30.01), the World Health Organisation (WHO) decided to class the outbreak of the new corona virus 2019-nCoV as a Public Health Emergency of...