'They are leading us to catastrophe': Sweden's coronavirus stoicism begins to jar

There ’s a surreal calm in the last country in Europe to hold out against lockdown. But the death toll is rising and some are voicing dissentCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Øresund Bridge – yes,thatbridge– is an engineering marvel linking the Swedish city of Malmö and Copenhagen that normally transports 70,000 people daily. It has fallen eerily silent. Denmark is under coronavirus lockdown, and the Danes have imposed strict border controls. On the Swedish side, the Øresund remains open, although , understandably not many are making that journey.It feels surreal in Sweden just now. Working from my local cafe, I terror-scroll through Twitter seeing clips of deserted cities, or army trucks transporting the dead in Italy, surrounded by the usual groups of chatty teenagers, mothers with babies and the occasional freelancer.Continue reading...
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