Sweden challenges scientific mainstream by refusing to lockdown: CNN

Much of Europe is still on coronavirus lockdown, with severe restrictions on movement and penalties for those who transgress. But not Sweden, reported Cable News Network (CNN).

Restaurants and bars are open in the Sweden, playgrounds and schools too, and the government is relying on voluntary action to stem the spread of Covid-19, said the CNN report.

It's a controversial approach, and one that's drawn US President Donald Trump's attention. "Sweden did that, the herd, they call it the herd. Sweden's suffering very, very badly," Trump said on Tuesday.

But the Swedish government is confident its policy can work. Foreign Minister Ann Linde told Swedish TV on Wednesday that Trump was "factually wrong" to suggest that Sweden was following the "herd immunity" theory -- of letting enough people catch the virus while protecting the vulnerable, meaning a country's population builds up immunity against the disease, the CNN report added.

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