Welcome to Sweden, the last holdout among the small number of Western countries to have taken a radically different approach to the coronavirus pandemic. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS What do you think about Sweden’s radically different approach to the coronavirus pandemic? Photo: Henrik Montgomery/Tt/Zuma PressIt is too early to assess whether Sweden’s approach will have a benign or catastrophic outcome, but so far, the virus hasn’t spread widely there. Austria, a similarly-sized European country with about 8.8 million people that is under lockdown, had 9,200 cases and 108 deaths. The next two weeks will determine whether Sweden’s approach can succeed or if authorities bend to the reality of a rash of new cases, said Dr. Cecilia Söderberg-Nauclér, a physician and professor at the Karolinska Institute.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 30, 2020 19:58 UTC