As the rest of Europe lives under lockdown, Sweden keeps calm and carries on
(The Guardian Sweden)

All its neighbours have shut up shop to beat coronavirus but the Swedes insist `we are not in quarantine´. Is that the right approach?Coronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIf there´s been a fall in custom at the Nyhavn restaurant, it´s hardly noticeable. Groups of drinkers huddle under heat lamps out on Möllevång Square, the centre of nightlife in the Swedish city of Malmö, seemingly oblivious to the virus spreading through Europe.`It´s the Swedish trust in government,` says Elias Billman, 22. `No one told me you have to stay home right now,` agrees his friend, Fredrik Glückman, a history student at Lund University. `We´re not in quarantine. And as soon as we hear from our government that we have to stay in, like you do in Britain, then we will do it.`How many lives are they willing to sacrifice so as not to lockdown and risk greater effects on the economy? Continue reading...