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Anders Tegnell: Is Sweden the best model for coronavirus response?

Sweden's no-lockdown response to the coronavirus pandemic has attracted worldwide attention. One of the key voices behind this strategy is state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.

Much of the world responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with a lockdown strategy. Now there's much focus on finding a sustainable post-lockdown strategy that doesn’t prompt a second wave of infection. Could Sweden be the model? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to Sweden’s chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, the architect of a controversial no-lockdown strategy that continues to stir interest across the world. Has it worked?

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