The new and extra contagious variant of coronavirus has now also been found in Sweden. This is a person who traveled from Great Britain to Sweden.
The infected person arrived at the Södermanland district, south of Stockholm, to celebrate Christmas and felt symptoms when he reached the family home. The next day, the person was tested and the test was positive. On the 22nd, it was determined that it was the new, mutated virus.
– We have tested the others who were in the house, and their tests have so far been negative. It is my assessment that the person has protected himself in an exemplary manner during the journey to the house, and I assess the risk of infection spreading along the way as low, says the infection control doctor in the Sörmland region , Signar Mäkitalo, to SVT .
Before Christmas, Sweden introduced an entry ban for Danes because it was believed that Danish travelers would pose a great risk of spreading the new virus variant, which is estimated to be 70 percent more contagious than the already widespread variant.
Source: dr.dk
