© Getty ImagesCalls for a national lockdown in Sweden, which has stood out from other countries in resisting such steps, are on the rise amid a deadly new wave of the virus.
Officials in Sweden are now weighing their options for entering a coronavirus lockdown after evading initial temporary shutdowns during the pandemic’s first wave of COVID-19 outbreaks.
Bjorn Eriksson, a regional health director, said Tuesday that intensive care units (ICU) in Stockholm “are far beyond 100 percent of capacity,” the New York Times reported.
Calls for lockdown rise in Sweden: report | TheHill
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