Mask-free Sweden is approaching zero Covid deaths per day while the country's chief epidemiologist has swatted away fears over the Delta variant's infectiousness.
In the last two weeks, Sweden has recorded an average of 0.6 Covid deaths per day, this compares with 74 fatalities in the UK and 329 deaths in US per day over the same period.
At the beginning of July it dropped its last remaining mask mandate - for public transport - while health chiefs in the US and the UK are arguing that face coverings must still to be worn to stop the spread of the rampant Delta variant.
The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday warned the Delta variant was as infectious as chickenpox - but Anders Tegnell, the architect of Sweden's Covid strategy, cautioned against such sweeping analogies.
Speaking to the Aftonbladet newspaper, Tegnell said that the Delta variant was the dominant strain in Sweden and had been circulating for 'for quite some time.
Sweden's chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell warned against sweeping analogies about the Delta variant such as that drawn by the CDC in comparing its infectiousness to chickenpox.
Latest data from Public Health England suggests the Pfizer injection is slightly more effective against the Indian 'Delta' stain, which could encourage the Government to adopt the mix-and-match strategy.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9855651/Mask-free-Sweden-close-ZERO-daily-Covid-deaths.html
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