Newsom noted that, as cases rise across the country, California’s numbers are declining and the state has “the lowest case rates, positivity rates in America.” The governor also noted the state has passed 20 million vaccine doses delivered, more than all but five countries worldwide. Senate Seat After Death Of Dianne Feinstein "The Public Health Agency should not have dismissed the use of masks as a disease prevention and control measure in indoor settings and on public transport," the commission said.Gavin Newsom Appoints Laphonza Butler To Fill U.S. The commission said more could have been done in the fall of 2020 to prepare for that possibility, which scientific experts had warned about for countries in the Northern Hemisphere. In January 2021, Sweden experienced another very significant coronavirus wave. Recently shed Omicron-related restrictions In April, the country's daily pandemic reports were regularly advising of triple-digit COVID death totals.
The commission said it was "remarkable that it took until 29 March 2020 for the limit on public gatherings and events to be lowered to 50 people." Unlike many developed and Western nations, Sweden did not order temporary closures of many indoor spaces in early or mid-March 2020, dogged in part by questions whether there was a legal or legislative basis to do so. Read the commission report summary: Mobile users: View the document (PDF KB) (Text KB) CBC is not responsible for 3rd party contentįaults were found particularly in the early weeks of the pandemic. More than 17,000 people have died from or with COVID-19 in Sweden, far more per capita than among Nordic neighbours but less than in most European countries that opted for lockdowns.įigures from statistics agency Eurostat showed the country had 7.7 per cent more deaths in 2020 than its average for the preceding four years, among the lowest excess mortality rates in Europe. The findings could become a liability for the ruling Social Democrats with a general election due in September. "In February-March 2020, Sweden should have opted for more rigorous and intrusive disease prevention and control measures." 'Remarkable' delay in indoor caps cited
It found the government had too one-sided a dependence on assessments made by the Public Health Agency. "The Government should have assumed leadership of all aspects of crisis management from the outset," the commission said in the report. "It meant that citizens retained more of their personal freedom than in many other countries," the report says.īut the panel of eight experts, including professors of economics and political science, said the government should have taken clearer leadership and acted sooner when it comes to measures such as capacity limits and masks. The commission - set up by the government under pressure from parliament - said Sweden's broad policy was "fundamentally correct." Sweden polarized opinion at home and abroad with its handling of the pandemic, opting against the lockdowns implemented by many countries and adopting a largely voluntary approach of promoting social distancing and good hygiene. Sweden should have adopted tougher early measures and the government assumed clearer leadership as COVID-19 hit, though the mostly voluntary no-lockdown strategy was broadly correct, a commission reviewing the country's pandemic response said on Friday.
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