Swedes are also no longer asked to wear mouth and nose protection in crowds on public transport, and there are also reliefs for holidaymakers in Sweden. When entering the Scandinavian country, EU citizens no longer have to be able to prove vaccination, recovery or a negative corona test.
In several discotheques in the country, life without restrictions was already celebrated on Wednesday night. Long queues formed around midnight in front of some of the clubs, as footage from the Swedish media showed.
The government and the Folkhälsomyndigheten health authority announced the lifting of most corona measures a week ago. According to them, the pandemic is entering a new phase in which the majority of the population is vaccinated and omicron infections lead to milder disease courses.
However, some recommendations, including for those who have not been vaccinated, remain in place. The most important of these is that everyone over the age of twelve can be vaccinated against Covid-19, the health authority said. In order to protect the most vulnerable, it is also important to maintain risk-reducing measures in health and nursing care and in old people’s homes.
Source: Nachrichten
